Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story
Nashville Early 1800s
Donelson Family
Rachel's First Marriage and Divorce
Rachel and Andrew
Campaign of 1828
Rachel's Death
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1767-1790: Childhood; Rachel's First Marriage Timeline 1791-1811: Rachel & Andrew; Early Life Together Timeline 1812-1823: Military Victories; Rise to Power Timeline 1824-1845: Presidential Years; Death
   
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Military Victories/ Rise to Power
1812 February 6 U.S. declared war on Great Britain
  December 10 Second Division troops (of Tennessee militia) mustered in Nashville for expedition to New Orleans
1813 January 1 Troops departed Nashville under Jackson
  February 6 Secretary of War ordered Jackson's troops dismissed
  March 24 Jackson's volunteers began return march to Nashville
  September 4 Jackson wounded in fight with Jesse and Thomas Hart Benton in Nashville
  September 24 Second Division troops mustered in Nashville for departure to the Creek country; campaign against Creeks continued into 1814
  November 3 Lyncoya found and later sent to the Hermitage
1814 May 28

General JacksonJackson commissioned major general of the
 U.S. Army by President Madison

August 9 Treaty of Fort Jackson sealed Creek capitulation
November 7 Jackson seized Pensacola December Jackson arrived in New Orleans and imposed martial law
1815 January 8 Battle of New Orleans
April 6 Left New Orleans for Nashville
c October 13 Jackson and Rachel left for Washington, taking Andrew, Jr., with them
1816 February 1 Returned to Nashville from Washington
1817 c February 22

Ralph E.W. Earl painted his first portrait of Jackson

Fall John Hutchings died; his five-year-old son Andrew Jackson Hutchings was named Jackson's ward and came to live at the Hermitage
1818 April-May Troops under Jackson invaded Spanish Florida; occupied Pensacola
1819 January Jackson traveled to Washington to defend his actions in the Seminole campaign
February Jackson toured Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York
Summer The Hermitage (before the fire)Construction begun on new house at the Hermitage; finished in 1821
1821 March 10 Jackson appointed governor of Florida Territory
July 17 Florida received for the U.S. from Spanish authorities
November 13 Jackson resigned as governor of Florida
1822 July 30 Tennessee legislature nominated Jackson for president
1823 October 1 Jackson elected to the U.S. Senate; left for Washington in November
     
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