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JACKSON, ANDREW, 1767-1845, President. Document signed ("Andrew Jackson Major General"), with five words added in his hand, as Major General of Tennessee volunteers, n.p. [in camp near Natchez, Mississippi], 18 February 1813. 1 page, folio, 330 x 200mm. (13 x 7 3/4 in.), folds reinforced from verso, a 1/2 x 1/8 inch piece torn away (affecting one word).
GENERAL JACKSON PREPARES TENNESSEE MILITIA FOR ACTION IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR OF 1812
The document is headed "Provision Return for the Reg[imen]t of Cavalry of Tennessee Volunteers," for "Cantonment Washington" listing 10 company commanders, the number of men in their command and the number of rations requisitioned. Added to the list are "6 pack horsemen" and a few other individuals, for a total of 561 "complete rations." John Coffee, Colonel of Cavalry and a close friend of Jackson, signs at bottom, above Jackson's signature.
Jackson and his 2000-man volunteer army embarked from Nashville for New Orleans, only to be recalled at Natchez en route, and then, summarily disbanded by order of the Secretary of War. Jackson refused the order to disband and personally led his men in a harrowing overland march back to Tennessee which took nearly a month. It was on this celebrated march that he earned his nickname, "Old Hickory." See Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, p. 175-180.
GENERAL JACKSON PREPARES TENNESSEE MILITIA FOR ACTION IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR OF 1812
The document is headed "Provision Return for the Reg[imen]t of Cavalry of Tennessee Volunteers," for "Cantonment Washington" listing 10 company commanders, the number of men in their command and the number of rations requisitioned. Added to the list are "6 pack horsemen" and a few other individuals, for a total of 561 "complete rations." John Coffee, Colonel of Cavalry and a close friend of Jackson, signs at bottom, above Jackson's signature.
Jackson and his 2000-man volunteer army embarked from Nashville for New Orleans, only to be recalled at Natchez en route, and then, summarily disbanded by order of the Secretary of War. Jackson refused the order to disband and personally led his men in a harrowing overland march back to Tennessee which took nearly a month. It was on this celebrated march that he earned his nickname, "Old Hickory." See Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, p. 175-180.