An yi yakin New Orleans a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1815 tsakanin Sojojin Burtaniya karkashin Manjo Janar Sir Edward Pakenham da Sojojin Amurka karkashin Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, kimanin mil 5 (kilomita 8) kudu maso gabashin Quarter Faransa na New Orleans. a unguwar Chalmette, Louisiana a halin yanzu.Yaƙin shine ƙarshen yakin Gulf na watanni biyar (Satumba 1814 zuwa Fabrairu 1815) ta Burtaniya don ƙoƙarin ɗaukar New Orleans, West Florida, da yuwuwar Yankin Louisiana wanda ya fara a Yaƙin Farko na Fort Bowyer.Biritaniya ta fara yakin New Orleans a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1814, a yakin Lake Borgne kuma yawancin rikice-rikice da manyan bindigogi sun faru a cikin makonnin da suka kai ga yakin karshe.An yi yakin kwanaki 15 bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Ghent, wanda ya kawo karshen yakin 1812, ranar 24 ga Disamba, 1814, ko da yake Amurka ba za ta amince da shi ba (sabili da haka bai fara aiki ba) har sai Fabrairu 16. , 1815, kamar yadda labarin yarjejeniyar bai kai ga Amurka daga Turai ba.Duk da babban fa'idar Birtaniyya a lambobi, horo, da gogewa, sojojin Amurka sun yi nasara a kan wani mummunan harin da aka kashe a cikin dan kadan fiye da mintuna 30.Amurkawa sun ji rauni ne kawai 71, yayin da Birtaniyya ta sha wahala fiye da 2,000, ciki har da mutuwar kwamandan Janar Sir Edward Pakenham, da kuma babban kwamandansa na biyu, Manjo Janar Samuel Gibbs.