From Tennessee Historical Marker.
This is in conjunction with blog entries on Sam Houston posted Nov. 22 and 23, 2015, in this blog.
In September 1813, the Army of West Tennessee assembled at Camp Blount on the Elk River. It took the Oath of Allegiance on October 7. Major General Andrew Jackson arrived at Fayetteville to take command of the army which included Sam Houston and David Crockett.
The Army then marched to Alabama and defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
The marker on the site of Camp Blount is at US-231/US-431 in Fayetteville, Tennessee, behind the River Oak Shopping Center.
--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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