Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

A contemplative space," he said. Jackson was one of a ... people — enslaved and free — who built the young nation. Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone ... an opportunity to look backward, and Jackson, who has surfaced in the news again, is a particularly colorful president. He shot a man to death during a duel and ...