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EDWARD PAKENHAM

Sir Edward Pakenham was an English soldier. He was born in 1778 and died in 1815. He 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 the 8th, 1815, and he was killed during the battle.
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