Young Andrew Jackson in the Carolinas a revolutionary boy
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Charleston, SC
The History Press
2014
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Who was Andrew Jackson?
- Andy's parents journey to America
- The Waxhaws
- Birth of a future president
- Murder!
- A wedding and a wake
- Political unrest in the colonies
- Early education
- Daily life
- The Revolution finds the backcountry
- First Battle of Charleston : June 28, 1776
- The Battle of Stono Ferry : June 20, 1779
- Second Battle of Charleston : April 1-May 12, 1780
- A Waxhaw battlefield and its aftermath
- The Battle of the Waxhaws and Buford's defeat : May 29, 1780
- Andy first witnesses battle
- The Battle of Williamson's Plantation (Huck's defeat) : July 12, 1780
- The Battle of Rocky Mount : August 1, 1780
- The Battle of Hanging Rock : August 6, 1780
- Down the road
- The Battle of Camden : August 16, 1780
- The Battle of Fishing Creek : August 18, 1780
- John Sevier and the Overmountain Men
- The Battle of King's Mountain : October 7, 1780
- Nearing the end
- The Battle of Cowpens : January 17, 1781
- The Battle of Guilford Courthouse : March 15, 1781
- Prisoner of war
- The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill : April 25, 1781
- All alone in the world
- Crawford's public station
- End of the war
- Career decisions
- Lawyer Jackson
- Onward and westward
- Glossary