From Wikipedia.
(January 28, 1778-August 10, 1837)
Lawyer, soldier and U.S. senator 1815-1823. Lost that re-election to Andrew Jackson.
Served as colonel of the 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment in the Creek War and played a key role in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814.
Born in North Carolina and studied law in Salisbury in that state. Captain of the 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment 1799-1801 and then relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, and practiced law there. In 1807, was appointed to be Tennessee's attorney general.
(I looked up the 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment and found that it was created in 1813.)
--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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