In December, Wellington's former Quartermaster General, Sir George Murray, was sent to Canada with the local rank of lieutenant general, specifically to order Prévost to return to London to explain his conduct of the Plattsburg campaign. Another Peninsular War veteran and Manley Power's previous commanding officer, Sir Edward Pakenham, became the commander of the British North American army. Manley Power took part in the Battle of New Orleans, where Pakenham was killed, which unbeknown to its participants occurred after the war had already been settled in Belgium.