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en-wikipedia-org-3524		War of 1812 - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	37325	4009	74	In early 1815, after a peace treaty had been signed, but before this news had reached the Americas, United States forces heavily defeated the attacking British Army near New Orleans, Louisiana with an estimated casualty count of 2,000 to 60.[18] This was viewed as restoring national honor and catapulted American commanding General Andrew Jackson to national celebrity, culminating in him being elected President in 1828. Although not much of a threat to Canada in 1812, the United States Navy was a well-trained and professional force comprising over 5.000 sailors and marines.[86] It had 14 ocean-going warships with three of its five "super-frigates" non-operational at the onset of the war.[86] Its principal problem was lack of funding, as many in Congress did not see the need for a strong navy.[87] The biggest ships in the American navy were frigates and there were no ships-of-the-line capable of engaging in a fleet action with the Royal Navy.[88] On the high seas, the Americans pursued a strategy of commerce raiding, capturing or sinking British merchantmen with their frigates and privateers.[89] The Navy was largely concentrated on the Atlantic coast before the war as it had only two gunboats on Lake Champlain, one brig on Lake Ontario and another brig in Lake Erie when the war began.[90]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3524.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3524.txt