USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the battlefield, Andrew Jackson led the army of Tennessee militia and volunteers through the Creek War and, later, at the climactic battle against the British forces at New Orleans. Other notable Tennesseans, such as Sam Houston and David Crockett, participated in the war as soldiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Jackson enlist smuggler Jean Lafitte and his privateers in the fight at New Orleans? Lafitte and his brothers ran a lucrative smuggling operation in Louisiana before the War of 1812.

Detailed explanation-3: -Just two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Jackson, commander of the Tennessee Militia, who eventually became the seventh U.S. president, penned those words to Pvt. David Crockett, Lt. Sam Houston and 5, 000 other militiamen as they mobilized for the War of 1812.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amidst concerns over possible Spanish alliances with southwestern Indians, Jackson is ordered by Tennessee’s governor into warfare against the Red Stick Creeks.