The 7th president of the United States, whose face is on the U.S. twenty dollar bill survived up to a hundred duels !
"YOU EAT THEM WORDS MISTER, OR DRAW! THAT'S MY ADVICE !"
He was captured by the British at age 13 and when he refused to shine a British officers shoes was visciously slashed with a sabre.
As Commander of volunteer militia at the Battle of New Orleans, he defended the City against thousands of British Regulars under General Packingham. The British plan included black mercenaries promised the right to loot and rape if they assisted.
Jackson killed 3,000 British soldiers with a loss of 13 men and sent General Packingham's body back to Englend pickled in a wooden barrel.
"YOU EAT THEM WORDS MISTER, OR DRAW! THAT'S MY ADVICE !"
He was captured by the British at age 13 and when he refused to shine a British officers shoes was visciously slashed with a sabre.
As Commander of volunteer militia at the Battle of New Orleans, he defended the City against thousands of British Regulars under General Packingham. The British plan included black mercenaries promised the right to loot and rape if they assisted.
Jackson killed 3,000 British soldiers with a loss of 13 men and sent General Packingham's body back to Englend pickled in a wooden barrel.
