On December 8, 1814, a British fleet reached Ship Island 60 miles east of New Orleans. British rowboats armed with small carronades and carrying British soldiers ran off a motley American flotilla. The British crossed bayous to put an army on the east bank of the Mississippi River, south of Read more…
The most raucous inauguration in American History was that of Andrew Jackson on March 4, 1829. “Old Hickory” was the first common person to be elected President. By common, I am referring to his birth, not his personality. His election in 1828 was symbolic of the expansion of democracy Read more…
His parents were Irish immigrants. Andrew was born on the border between the Carolinas. Both states claim his birthplace. During the American Revolution, he was a courier for the Continental Army. At age 13, he and his brother were taken captive. When he refused to shine the boots of a Read more…
Andrew Jackson had his enemies, like the entire Whig Party, but it was a lunatic who tried to take him out. Richard Lawrence came to America from England at age 12. He grew up to become a house painter, but as an adult he began to evidence bizarre behavior, Read more…
One of the most famous duels in American History occurred on May 30, 1806. Rachel Robards met Jackson at her father’s boarding house. When her husband left her to seek divorce, they got married. Two years later they found out he had not gotten a divorce, so technically she Read more…
On March 15, 1767, Andrew Jackson was born somewhere in the Carolinas. He would go on to become the most badass American President. Here is the ultimate story to prove that. Because of the unfortunate fact that technically Rachel was married to two men at the same time, enemies Read more…