n that memorable
occasion.

_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested
to cause the foregoing resolution to be communicated to
Major-General Jackson in such terms as he may deem best
calculated to give effect to the objects thereof.

Approved February 27, 1815.

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_General Jackson to the Secretary of War._ (p. 240)

To the Honourable Head Quarters,
SECRETARY OF WAR, Camp 4 miles below New Orleans,
Washington, D. C. January 13th, 1815.

Sir: At such a crisis, I conceive it my duty to keep you
constantly advised of my situation.

On the 10th instant I forwarded you an account of the bold
attempt made by the enemy on the morning of the 8th to take
possession of my works by storm, and of the severe repulse he met
with. That report having been sent by the mail which crosses the
lake, may possibly have miscarried; for which reason I think it
the more necessary briefly to repeat the substance of it.

Early on the morning of the 8th, the enemy having been actively
employed the two preceding days in making preparations for a
storm, advanced in two strong columns on my right and left. They
were received, however, with a firmness which it seems they
little expected, and which defeated all their hopes. My men,
undisturbed by their approach, which indeed they long anxiously
wished for, opened upon them a fire so deliberate and certain as
rendered their scaling ladders and fascines, as well as their
more direct implements of war, perfectly useless. For upwards of
an hour it was continued with a briskness of which there have
been but few instances, perhaps in any country. In justice to the
enemy, it must be said, they withstood it as long as could be
expected from the most determined bravery. At length, however,
when all prospect of success became hopeless, they fled in
confusion from the field, leaving it covered with their dead and
wounded. Their loss was immense. I had at first computed it at
1500, but it is since ascertained to have been much greater. Upon
information which is believed to be correct, Colonel Hayne, the
inspector-general, reports it to be in total 2600. His report I
enclose you. My loss was inconsiderabl