George Washington mostly lost battles, yet won the war.
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He survived, but the French won the war. During our "War of 1812" (actually a pimple on the tush of the Napoleonic Wars), the British marched up and down our coast, burned the presidential mansion (which was called the "White House" after white paint was used to cover the smoke marks) and basically tore things up for a while.

The treaty that officially ended the War of 1812 was the Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, and ratified by the U.S. Senate on February 17, 1815. It restored pre-war boundaries between the United States and Great Britain, but did not resolve the issues of neutral rights or impressment that had sparked the conflict. The treaty essentially restored the status quo antebellum, or the state of affairs before the war, returning territories and prisoners., yet it solidified USA nationalism and has been celebrated as a victory ever since. (I guess because we didn't lose).

Jeff