... . Andrew Jackson was the Commander in charge of the American forces that were sent to prevent this from happening. He was a Tennessee lawyer, planter and militia leader. When he was 13 years old he joined the Continental Army as a courier. During The Revolution one of his older brothers died after the Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina in 1779. Two years after that ... ...

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