paranoidfish89 t1_iw539x7 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 12:52 AM

It did not go well for us. But we got a cool ass song about using alligators as cannons out of it.

DarthFaol t1_iw9cy7z wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:04 PM

That was the Battle of New Orleans.

patterson489 t1_iw636nm wrote on November 13, 2022 at 6:06 AM

Oh, but they do cause they somehow convinced themselves that they won the war.

Remember, the US have never lost a war!

BrokenEye3 t1_iw6i0ou wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:21 AM

There's sure been a few that we "won" quite badly

Ameisen t1_iw70w9g wrote on November 13, 2022 at 1:22 PM

> Oh, but they do cause they somehow convinced themselves that they won the war.

No, we acknowledge that it was a white peace, because it was. And Sir Arthur Wellesley agreed with that.

Neither side had a single campaign against the other side end in strategic success (save the US destroying the remnants of Tecumseh's Confederacy).

dressageishard t1_iw7ypaj wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:37 PM

I'm confused. By Tecumseh, did you mean General William Tecumseh Sherman? He destroyed the South with a system of raids and starvation. I'm sure you understand he used fire to his advantage.

Relative-Print-3997 t1_iw8xcyo wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:17 PM

I'm pretty sure they meant Cheif Tecumseh. From the Great Lakes region. He fought with the British in the war of 1812. He started a Native American Confederacy to unite the tribes as well. You didn't pay much attention in US history did you?

dressageishard t1_iw9mtzf wrote on November 14, 2022 at 12:16 AM

I wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarification.

Ameisen t1_iw8ojcq wrote on November 13, 2022 at 8:21 PM

Why would I bring up a Civil War general?

dressageishard t1_iw9mzkc wrote on November 14, 2022 at 12:17 AM

I don't know. I kind of liked Chief Tecumseh and his Civil War namesake.

jmarshallca t1_iw9each wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:13 PM

This was 41 years before the March to the Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh_Confederacy

IntrospectiveCopium t1_iw7wx6g wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:25 PM

It's almost like you have no idea how other countries see the US

shaving99 t1_iw7rdsy wrote on November 13, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Ok let's do part two tomorrow. Meet us by north Dakota

DraziBlack t1_iw8waez wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:10 PM

You mean South Manitoba?

Ameisen t1_iw70n75 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 1:20 PM

Mainly because Canada claims to have done things that British regulars did.

emceemcee t1_iw6ia1i wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:25 AM

The south will rise again!

arcangleous t1_iwbsjqp wrote on November 14, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Why talk about it when we can sing?

WarrenMulaney t1_iw76e6e wrote on November 13, 2022 at 2:13 PM

We don’t?

LegalAction t1_iw7qx6x wrote on November 13, 2022 at 4:45 PM

We won the Pig War though.

TIL of the Canadian commander Charles De Salaberry who defeated the American invasion of Montreal. Salaberry deployed marching buglers to play in all different directions, meaning his American opponents didn’t know how many men he had or what direction they were coming from.

[deleted] t1_iw50b80 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 12:28 AM