The following units of the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...

participated in the

Battle of New Orleans The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French ...

on 8 January 1815. The American order of battle is shown separately.

British order of battle

British Army

Source:

General Staff

* Commander-in-Chief: Major General the honourable Sir

Edward Pakenham Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Penin ...

- killed 8 January 1815 * Deputy Commander-in-Chief: Major General Samuel Gibbs - died of wounds * Military Secretary: Major Harry SmithDespatch from Lambert to

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Hist ...

dated 28 January 1815 within * Deputy Adjutant General: Lieutenant Colonel

Frederick Stovin General Sir Frederick Stovin (bapt. 27 November 1783''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' – 16 August 1865) was a British Army officer who served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. After the end of the wars ...

- wounded 24 December 1814 * Deputy Assistant Adjutant General: Brevet Major Henry Hooper - wounded 24 December 1814 * Acting Deputy Adjutant General: Captain Sir John Maxwell Tylden * Acting Deputy Assistant Adjutant General: Captain Wood * Senior Officer, Royal Artillery: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dickson * Senior Officer, Royal Engineers: Lieutenant Colonel

John Fox Burgoyne Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet, (24 July 1782 – 7 October 1871) was a British Army officer. After taking part in the Siege of Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars, he saw action under Sir John Moore and then under ...

* Senior Officer,

Royal Staff Corps The Royal Staff Corps was a corps of the British Army responsible for military engineering which was founded in and disbanded in . At the time, the Royal Engineers and Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners were administered as part of the Board o ...

: Major Todd. * Major of Brigade: Captain Henry Thomas Shaw (4th Foot) - wounded 8 January 1815 * Major of Brigade: Captain Thomas Wilkinson (85th Foot)- killed 8 January 1815 * Quarter Master General: Lieutenant Colonel John Bell * Assistant Quarter Master General: Major Charles Ramus Forrest * Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General: Lieutenant

George de Lacy Evans General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general offic ...

- wounded on 24 December 1814 and 8 January 1815 * Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General: Lieutenant John Peddie. * Naval aide de camp: Lieutenant (RN) The Honourable Edward Curzon * Deputy Inspector of hospitals: Dr John Robb

Infantry Brigades

Artillery and supporting elements

Royal Navy

Native American allies

- Brevet Major

Edward Nicolls Sir Edward Nicolls ( – 5 February 1865) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the Royal Marines. Known as "Fighting Nicolls", he had a distinguished military career. According to his obituary in ''The Times'', he was "in no fewer than 107&nb ...

accompanied by less than 100 Seminole, Creek, and Choctaw warriors. Among them were the

Hitchiti The Hitchiti ( ) were a historic indigenous tribe in the Southeast United States. They formerly resided chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, four miles below Chiaha, in western present-day Georgia. The n ...

Indian chief

Kinache Kinache (c. 1750 – c. 1819) was a Seminole chieftain who commanded Seminole forces against the United States during the American Revolution and later during the First Seminole War. He is also known as ''Kinhega'', ''Kinheja'', ''Kinhija'', ''Opie ...

Notes and citations

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External links

British Army Infantry Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817 on AncestryWar of 1812 casualties on FindMyPastWar of 1812 casualties project
* * ttp://warof1812wargaming.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-battle-of-new-orleans-order-of.html The Battle of New Orleans Order of Battle and Scenario Rules via warof1812wargaming.blogspot (no inline sources) {{DEFAULTSORT:New Orleans British order of battle Orders of battle War of 1812 Battles in the Gulf Theater 1813–1815