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with
Bill Federer
"Old Hickory."
During the Revolution, young Andrew Jackson refused to polish the boots of a British officer and was slashed on the arm with a sword and jailed.
His mother died of prison fever while caring for captured American soldiers.
Jackson carried a bullet in his body from a duel defending his wife's honor.
In the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson defeated over 2,000 British in the Battle of New Orleans.
On January 30, 1835, President Andrew Jackson survived an assassination attempt when Richard Lawrence fired two pistols at him at point blank range. Davy Crockett, who was with the President, disarmed the assailant.
On MARCH 25, 1835, Andrew Jackson wrote in a letter:
"I was brought up a rigid Presbyterian, to which I have always adhered.
Our excellent Constitution guarantees to every one freedom of religion, and charity tells us (and you know Charity is the real basis of all true religion)...judge the tree by its fruit.
All who profess Christianity believe in a Saviour, and that by and through Him we must be saved."
Andrew Jackson concluded: "We ought, therefore, to consider all good Christians whose walks correspond with their professions, be they Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist or Roman Catholic."
American Minute
with
Bill Federer
Though the War of 1812 had ended two weeks earlier, news had not yet reached New Orleans and on January 8, 1815, five thousand British soldiers charged in a frontal assault against General Andrew Jackson's Tennessee and Kentucky sharpshooters.
French pirate Jean Lafitte and his men aided the Americans.
In just a half-hour, over two thousand British were killed and only 8 Americans.
On JANUARY 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson wrote to Robert Hays regarding the victorious Battle of New Orleans:
"It appears that the unerring hand of Providence shielded my men from the shower of balls, bombs, and rockets, when every ball and bomb from our guns carried with them a mission of death."
Known as "Old Hickory," Andrew Jackson commented to Major Dravezac on his confidence before the Battle:
"I was sure of success, for I knew that God would not give me previsions of disaster, but signs of victory. He said this ditch can never be passed. It cannot be done."
Andrew Jackson wrote to Secretary of War James Monroe:
"Heaven, to be sure, has interposed most wonderfully in our behalf, and I am filled with gratitude, when I look back to what we have escaped."
American Minute
with Bill Federer
On JUNE 8, 1845, "Old Hickory" died.
Wounded by a sword during the Revolutionary War, he later fought the Seminole Indians and, in the War of 1812, defeated the British in New Orleans.
He was governor of the Florida Territory, and is credited with proposing the name "Tennessee" at that State's first convention.
His name was Andrew Jackson.
His wife Rachel dying just three months before he took office as the 7th U.S. President, Andrew Jackson stated in his 2nd Inaugural:
"It is my fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our Republic to the present day...that He will...inspire the hearts of my fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from danger."
On December 30, 1836, Andrew Jackson wrote to A.J. Donelson, upon the death of his wife, Emily:
"We cannot recall her, we are commanded by our dear Saviour, not to mourn for the dead, but for the living...
She has changed a world of woe for a world of eternal happiness, and we ought to prepare as we too must follow...
'The Lord's will be done on earth as it is in heaven.'"
Of the Bible, Andrew Jackson stated:
"That book, Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests."
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