Even though official battles had been temporarily stopped, the "civil war" raged on as Patriots fought Tories in the towns of South Carolina, catching young Andrew Jackson in the midst of the fight. ... The boy refused, claiming his right as a prisoner of war not to be treated like a servant. ... During the War of 1812, General Jackson, with his troop of 2,500 men, was to march to Natchez, at the tip of the Mississippi, to prepare strikes on either Pensacola, Mobile, or New Orleans. ... Shortly after he had received the Old Hickory name came Jackson's greatest victory courtesy...

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