[sunrise_sunset]

If Jackson had lost in New Orleans the US would not be a global superpower today and might not exist.

In an era before trains and cars, control of the Mississippi meant the ability to put an economic chokehold on a fledgling country.

[DJ Taylor]

"If Jackson had lost in New Orleans the US would not be a global superpower today and might not exist."

I believe the War of 1812 was already over when they fought the Battle of New Orleans; they just hadn't got the word yet that it was over.

[Bigg Red]

Good points.