The British later admitted to casualties totaling 2,037. Jackson received a report which claimed a total of 13 Americans killed, 39 wounded, and 19 missing in action.9 It was a stupendous victory. It was the greatest feat of American arms up to that time. It was a splendid climax to a not-so-splendid war, the War of 1812, a war that had provided not victories but one American defeat after another. Until New Orleans.
