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What was Sam Houston's role in the Texas Revolution?
An important leader of the Texas Revolution, Sam Houston served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas.
What else did Sam Houston do in the Texas Revolution besides be an important leader?
In early 1817, Sam Houston was assigned to a clerical position in Nashville, serving under the adjutant general for the army's Southern Division.
What else did Sam Houston do during the war besides assigned to a clerical position?
Sam Houston had risen to the rank of the third lieutenant by the end of 1813.
Was Houston a leader in Texas afterwards?
Sam Houston went on to become the solicitor general for Nashville in 1819.
Did Sam Houston do anything else during the war?
Later in the year, Jackson appointed Houston as a sub-agent to handle the removal of Cherokee from East Tennessee.

Question: Was he revered as a war hero?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Sam Houston revered as a war hero?