Which future US president was a war hero at the Battle of New Orleans?

Andrew Jackson was the future US president who became a war hero at the Battle of New Orleans. He commanded American forces during the battle on January 8, 1815, defeating a much larger British army near New Orleans, Louisiana.

The battle was the final major engagement of the War of 1812, although it was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed. News of the peace treaty had not yet reached the armies in North America. Jackson organized regular soldiers, militia, free men of color, enslaved laborers, Choctaw allies, and other troops into a defensive force behind earthworks along the Mississippi River.

The American victory made Jackson a national celebrity and helped launch his political career. He later served as a US senator, military governor of Florida, and the seventh president of the United States. A common mix-up is confusing Jackson with William Henry Harrison, another future president and War of 1812 commander; Harrison was associated with the campaigns in the Old Northwest, not New Orleans.