This video covers the historic last Civil War funeral of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, whose remains were recovered ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple words and two dates: "General Andrew Jackson ... British at New Orleans catapulted him to war hero status. Presidential Places is a weekly ...

Political change doesn’t require a crude persona or disregard for constitutional norms.

Andrew, then thirteen years old ... US obtaining 20 million acres of land in what is now Georgia and Alabama. Jackson would then be promoted to major general. Although the War of 1812 had officially ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson ... certain resemblances. Jackson’s demeanor, like Mr. Trump’s, appalled his predecessors. He was from the Tennessee frontier, killed a man in a duel, and abandoned ...

The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback ... had a presidential style derived from his military experience. As a general, Jackson rarely summoned councils of war. When he ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The United States is in a constitutional crisis with scant historical precedent as President ...

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 ... Leading up to there as a major general, an orphan at 13, fighting in the [Revolutionary] war at 14, loses his entire family.

Jackson's demeanor, like Trump's, appalled his predecessors. He was from the Tennessee frontier, killed a man in a duel, and abandoned Congress to become an elected general in the state militia.

The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently ... derived from his military experience. As a general, Jackson rarely summoned councils of war. When he had to decide on a given course ...