A standout figure in pre-Civil War
America must be Andrew Jackson
Of Northern Irish stock, with bright red hair
His family suffered and died when Britain
Tried to prevent US independence
He was wounded when he refused to clean
A British officer's boots. Lawyer, then
Military man, and soon, at New Orleans
In 1812, that battle won was seen
To propel him to President, after
He'd made money as a slave landowner
In Tennessee, and most cruelly driven
The Indians from Florida. In 18-
35, he was shot at twice but saw
Another day, as luck spared him again
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