This is the historic last Civil War Funeral of Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram. This is part I of a 2 part series. The ...

The war had been brought to a close a fortnight ... Preliminary actions went well for the British. Andrew Jackson, the American major-general, sent a small flotilla of gunboats to guard one ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The Battle of New Orleans, as painted by E.

For much of the American public however, Jackson's reputation was built not on money matters but on a lady's honor. When Peggy Eaton, the wife of the secretary of war, was snubbed by other wives ...

No one doubts that Andrew Jackson was imperfect ... fighting in the [Revolutionary] war at 14, loses his entire family. Finds a way to become a major general, a war hero, and a two-term president.