Andrew Jackson's Sword and Scabbard
date: label: used date
content: 1812
name: label: user
content: Jackson, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel with metal scabbard.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Andrew Jackson carried this sword and scabbard while commanding the American forces, which included Tennessee militia, U.S. regulars, and Cherokee, Choctaw, and Southern Creek Indians during the Creek War and in the War of 1812.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Creek War began on August 30, 1813, when a faction of Creek known as the Red Sticks attacked a contingent of 553 American settlers at Lake Tensaw, Alabama, north of Mobile. The British were believed to be a main ally of the Indians.
label: Description
content: In response to the Alabama attack, Jackson led 5,000 militiamen in the destruction of two Creek villages, Tallasahatchee and Talladega. The fighting lasted into the next year, culminating in Jackson’s troops destroying the Creek defenses at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. On March 27, 1814 the battle ended with 800 Creek warriors killed and 500 women and children captured.
label: Description
content: On August 9, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, ending the Creek War. The agreement provided for the surrender of twenty-three million acres of Creek land to the United States. This vast territory encompassed more than half of present-day Alabama and part of southern Georgia.
place: label: associated place
content: France
label: used
content: United States: Alabama
topic: label: Subject
content: National Guard
label: Subject
content: Presidents
label: related event
content: War of 1812
label: related event
content: Creek War
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of State
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32012
label: catalog number
content: 32012
label: accession number
content: 68016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword
label: Other Terms
content: sword; Edged Weapons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: total: 37 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 94.615 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: scabbard: 32 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 82.55 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: blade: 32 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 82.55 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: hilt: 5 in x 3 1/4 in; x 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm