What is significant about the Battle of New Orleans?

On January 8, 1815, the United States achieved its greatest battlefield victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Major General Andrew Jackson to national fame.

The Americans successfully defeated a much larger British force, which raised morale. The Americans implemented this sort of system of earthwork on the canal resulting in a clever victory