Editing Battle of New Orleans (section)

===Fort St. Philip===
{{Main|Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815)}}
[[Fort St. Philip]], manned by an American garrison, defended the river approach to New Orleans. British naval forces attacked the fort on January 9 but withdrew after ten days of bombardment with [[Shell (projectile)#Early shells|exploding bomb shells]] from two [[bomb vessel]]s, mounting a total of four mortars.{{NoteTag|Roosevelt dismissively summarized the engagement in one sentence: "At the same time [as the British Army's withdrawal from New Orleans], a squadron of vessels, which had been unsuccessfully bombarding Fort Saint Philip for a week or two, and had been finally driven off when the fort got [the ammunition for] a mortar large enough to reach them with, also returned; and the whole fleet [thereafter] set sail for Mobile."{{sfnp|Roosevelt|1900|p=237}} }}{{NoteTag|'A British squadron appeared in the river below Fort St. Philip, Two bomb-vessels, under the protection of a sloop, a brig, and a schooner, bombarded the fort without effect until January 18, when they withdrew.'{{sfnp|Adams|1904|p=383}} }} In a dispatch sent to the Secretary of War, dated January 19, Jackson stated: "I am strengthened not only by [the defeat of the British at New Orleans] ... but by the failure of his fleet to pass fort St. Philip."{{sfnp|James|1818|pp=459-460}}