But fortunately cooler, more insightful heads prevailed—and most importantly, the thesis laid out in the Treaty of Ghent‡ was vindicated by reality. But there was nothing inevitable about its success. For similar reasons, although
He fell to an American musket ignorant that the battle was a fruitless effort; the Treaty of Ghent had been signed days before effectively ending the war in a draw. More than 700 British soldiers lost their lives with another 2000 
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