Born on March 15 in 1767 as Andrew Jackson, he is known to many for several reasons. For some it might be his law career, others maybe his political career. However the two things that people most know Andrew Jackson for are his presidential term, as well as his military career. During his military career, there were also two things that he was largely known for, which was the War of 1812 and the Indian Removal Act. Both of these were major events that Jackson was honored for as well as despised against.
One of the things that Jackson accomplished during his military campaign was his actions which led him to being known as a military hero for his actions during the War of 1812 which lasted from 1812-1815. When the war began in June of 1812, the president at the time, James Madison, rejected as well as criticized Jackson’s offer with his services to the war for 6 months due to his tarnished reputation. In December of that same year he was finally able to earn the rank of Major General and ordered to take 1500 troops to New Orleans to help prepare the city’s defenses against an approaching British attack. His army defeated the British’s attack of 7500 men and forced them to retreat from the area. Jackson received the title “Hero of New Orleans” from his actions of defending it well and honorably. A few months after the War Department thought the threat was gone from New Orleans, Jackson was supposed to march his troops back to Tennessee without compensation or means to travel with. Jackson was furious with this decision, and he took it upon himself to vow to get his troops home anyway even if he had to fund the journey himself. Throughout the whole month-long march that he and his troops had to endure to get home, he unintention...
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...oval Act. No matter what the preference is towards people about Jackson, it is undeniable that he was indeed a hero to the U.S. and helped and supported multiple things that without which the U.S. could not be the great nation that it is to this day. Jackson will forever be known for his contribution to the military with his acts of honor with defending the nation, but also with his honorable acts of force and harshness. Jackson is and always will be one of the United States’ honored presidents and military hero.
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http://www.historynet.com/andrew-jackson http://www.shmoop.com/war-1812/andrew-jackson.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/themes/indian_removal.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/27/1091008/-US-to-1865-Andrew-Jackson-and-the-Indian-Removal-Act-of-1830-with-a-personal-note
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