Death of the Adopted Son of Gen. Andrew Jackson. Share full article. April 21, 1865. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 21, 1865, Page 4 Buy ...

Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 immediately vaulted him to political prominence, not least because the nascent forces of American democracy—artisans, workingmen, and ...

The Remains of Gen. Jackson. Share full article. March 3, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 3, 1860, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

General Andrew Jackson led a ragtag army of U.S. servicemembers, volunteer militia, free blacks, Native Americans and even a band of pirates to defend New Orleans in an invasion.

A statue of Gen. Andrew Jackson stands in Lafayette Square, just north of the White House. Jackson later became the seventh president, serving from 1829 to 1837.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At least 26 enslaved people died on the Tennessee plantation of President Andrew Jackson between 1804 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where they were laid to rest is ...