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onel Thornton, were to cross the river and make 

 the attack on the west bank. Pakenham himself 

 was to superintend the main assault, on the east 

 bank, which was to be made by the British right 

 under General Gibbs, while the left moved forward 

 under General Keane, and General Lambert com 

 manded the reserve. 35 Jackson's 36 position was held 



ing it 8,450, and adding (see ante, note 10) 13.3 per cent for 

 the officers, sergeants, and trumpeters, we get about 9,600 

 men. 



35 Letter of Major-General John Lambert to Earl Bathurst, 

 Jan. 10, 1815. 



a6 4,698 on the east bank, according to the official report of 

 Adjutant-General Robert Butler, for the morning of January 

 8th. The details are as follows: 



At batteries 154 



Command of Col. Ross (671 regulars and 



742 Louisiana militia) 1.413 



Command of Gen. Carroll (Tennesseeans, 



and somewhat under 500 Kentuckians) . 1,562 

 General Coffee's command (Tennesseeans, 

 and about 250 Louisiana militia) . . . 813 



Major Hind's dragoons 230 



Col. Slaughter's command 526 



Total 4,608 



These figures tally almost exactly with those given by 

 Major Latour, except that he omits all reference to Col. 

 Slaughter's command, thus reducing the number to about 

 4,100. Nor can I anywhere find any allusion to Slaughter's 

 command as taking part in the battle; and it is possible that 

 these troops were the 500 Kentuckians ordered across the 

 river by Jackson; in which case his whole force but slightly 

 exceeded 5,000 men. 

 On the west bank there were 546 Louisiana militia 260 of 



