Curated person dossier
United States Army · GulfAndrew Jackson
1767–1845
Major general in the southern campaignsJackson defeated Red Stick resistance, imposed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, seized Pensacola, organized New Orleans’s defense, and became the war’s most politically consequential hero.
Why this record matters
Treating New Orleans without Horseshoe Bend and the coerced land cession turns regional conquest into a clean patriotic finale.
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Sources for this dossier
- Creek War in the SoutheastNational Park Service · campaign overview
Muscogee civil conflict, United States intervention, and regional expansion.
- Accounts of African American ServiceNational Park Service · public history
Free Black units and Black military service, including New Orleans.