PAKENHAM, SIR EDWARD M.
\pˈe͡ɪknəm], \pˈeɪknəm], \p_ˈeɪ_k_n_ə_m]\
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(1778-1815), served in the Peninsular War and in the South of France under the Duke of Wellington. He succeeded General Ross in command of a British force employed against New Orleans in 1814. His troops were defeated by General Jackson on January 8, 1815, and he was killed during the battle.
By John Franklin Jameson
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