I am also American and I also learned it was a stalemate. The most significant battle of the war was was fought two weeks after the war ended! American histori

I am also American and I also learned it was a stalemate. The most significant battle of the war was was fought two weeks after the war ended! American historians think that the British complied with the meager settlement of Ghent because of the battle of New Orleans. We did get a nifty song out of it.