From the Civil War in Missouri.
Thomas Hart Benton was born into a wealthy Virginia family in 1782 and later moved to Tennessee.
During the War of 1812, he offered his services to Col. Andrew Jackson who made him his aide-de-camp. Benton engaged the Creek Indians but really wanted to fight the British. He would get that chance with Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
He was so proud of that, that for years afterwards he signed his correspondence "Lieutenant Colonel. 39th Infantry."
In 1815, he moved to Missouri Territory.
--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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