Forks of the Ohio
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- Mar 19, 2019
I realize that Andrew Jackson died in 1845 and the Civil War started in 1861.
I realize that Old Hickory faced a South Carolina nullification crisis regarding J.C. Calhoun when Jackson was POTUS.
However, he married into the Donelson family in Tennessee. Earl Van Dorn and also the guy after whom Fort Donelson was named were both nephews of his late wife Rachel.
(I apologize for missing any previous threads on this. Whenever I do a search on Jackson, I find a bunch of results on Stonewall.)
I realize that Old Hickory faced a South Carolina nullification crisis regarding J.C. Calhoun when Jackson was POTUS.
However, he married into the Donelson family in Tennessee. Earl Van Dorn and also the guy after whom Fort Donelson was named were both nephews of his late wife Rachel.
(I apologize for missing any previous threads on this. Whenever I do a search on Jackson, I find a bunch of results on Stonewall.)
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