Object Details
- Jackson, Andrew
- Description
- Physical Description
- Forged steel with metal scabbard.
- Specific History
- Andrew Jackson carried this sword and scabbard while commanding the American forces, which included Tennessee militia, U.S. regulars, and Cherokee, Choctaw, and Southern Creek Indians during the Creek War and in the War of 1812.
- General History
- The Creek War began on August 30, 1813, when a faction of Creek known as the Red Sticks attacked a contingent of 553 American settlers at Lake Tensaw, Alabama, north of Mobile. The British were believed to be a main ally of the Indians.
- In response to the Alabama attack, Jackson led 5,000 militiamen in the destruction of two Creek villages, Tallasahatchee and Talladega. The fighting lasted into the next year, culminating in Jackson’s troops destroying the Creek defenses at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. On March 27, 1814 the battle ended with 800 Creek warriors killed and 500 women and children captured.
- On August 9, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, ending the Creek War. The agreement provided for the surrender of twenty-three million acres of Creek land to the United States. This vast territory encompassed more than half of present-day Alabama and part of southern Georgia.
- Credit Line
- U.S. Department of State
- used date
- 1812
- ID Number
- AF.32012
- catalog number
- 32012
- accession number
- 68016
- Object Name
- sword
- Other Terms
- sword; Edged Weapons
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- total: 37 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 94.615 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm
- scabbard: 32 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 82.55 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.175 cm
- blade: 32 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 82.55 cm x 3.175 cm
- hilt: 5 in x 3 1/4 in; x 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm
- associated place
- France
- used
- United States: Alabama
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- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- National Guard
- Presidents
- related event
- War of 1812
- Creek War
- Expansion and Reform
- Record ID
- nmah_438732
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6582-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
