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Historic Last Civil War Funeral - Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram (Part I)
This is the historic last Civil War Funeral of Confederate Lt Andrew Jackson Buttram. This is part I of a 2 part series. The ...
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When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential History
On January 30, 1835, unemployed house painter Richard Lawrence tried to change the course of history with an attempt to ...
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Andrew Jackson, 1767–1845
In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...
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When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential History
That cold and dreary Friday, Jackson had been attending a funeral in Washington ... was the rightful king of England—with only “King Andrew” standing in his way. The months following ...