THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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They volunteered to fight the White Sticks in Tennessee.
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They were always willing to volunteer their services to help injured soldiers.
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They volunteered to defend Great Britain in Tennessee.
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They were always willing to volunteer their services in any worthy war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The state of Tennessee had become known as the Volunteer State when a large number of volunteers fought in the War of 1812. By the start of the Mexican-American War in 1846, 30, 000 Tennessee volunteers responded to the secretary of war’s call for 2, 800, clenching the state’s nickname.
Detailed explanation-2: -The lecture will explore how over the course of several decades, Tennessee earned the Volunteer State nickname because of Tennessean’s eagerness to step forward to serve in times of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why is Tennessee called the Volunteer State? President James Madison called on Tennessee to help defend the “Lower Country” during the War of 1812 against Great Britain and asked to send 1, 500 troops for the defense of the lower Mississippi region.
Detailed explanation-4: -The residents of Tennessee call themselves Tennesseans.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tennessee adopted the name Volunteers, or more commonly Vols, because of a now-official nickname that Tennessee received during the War of 1812, the Volunteer State.