From Wikipedia.
This was the regiment in which Gen. Nathaniel Smith served as a lieutenant during the war.
Regular U.S. Army regiment authorized January 29, 1813. recruited in the east by Col. John Williams of Tennessee and commanded by him. Col. Williams had previously led the Mounted Volunteers of Tennessee from the eastern region of the state.
On December 31, 1813, he was ordered by Major General Thomas Pinckney to join Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. Jackson war,y welcomed the 39th as he was having serious problems with the discipline of his militia and volunteers.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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