Claim: Andrew Jackson was a soldier.

The Treaty of Fort Jackson -LRB- also known as the Treaty with the Creeks , 1814 -RRB- was signed on August 9 , 1814 at Fort Jackson near Wetumpka , Alabama following the defeat of the Red Stick -LRB- Upper Creek -RRB- resistance by United States allied forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend . It occurred on the banks of the Tallapoosa River near the present city of Alexander City , Alabama . The U.S. force , led by General Andrew Jackson , consisted mainly of the West Tennessee Militia and 39th United States Infantry , allied with several groups of Cherokee and Lower Creek friendly to the American side . The Upper Creek were led by Chief Menawa , who fled with hundreds of survivors into Florida , where they allied with the Seminole . The surrender ended the Creek War , which the United States was fighting simultaneously with the War of 1812 .   By the terms of the treaty , the Creek were forced to cede 23 million acres -LRB- 93,000 km ² -RRB- of their territory : their remaining land in Georgia and much of central Alabama , to the United States government . This definitive victory freed Jackson to continue southwest to Louisiana , where he defeated the British forces at the Battle of New Orleans . His victories against Native American forces and then his decisive victory at New Orleans won Jackson an enormous amount of popular support , helping him win his first presidential campaign .