| | Jackson led a contingent of Tennessee and Kentucky sharpshooters who routed over 2,000 British troops in the [[Battle of New Orleans]]. This occurred shortly after a peace treaty had been signed by both America and Great Britain but before the news of peace had reached them. It was a great victory for Jackson and became source of enormous pride to the American public. | | Jackson led a contingent of Tennessee and Kentucky sharpshooters who routed over 2,000 British troops in the [[Battle of New Orleans]]. This occurred shortly after a peace treaty had been signed by both America and Great Britain but before the news of peace had reached them. It was a great victory for Jackson and became source of enormous pride to the American public. |
| − | Jackson attended a Presbyterian church from time to time, and his wife was a devout Baptist. Jackson had little sympathy for religion in the political sphere, unlike many of his opponents the Anti-Masons and [[Whigs]], who were building poltiical coalitions using religious voting blocs during the [[Second Great Awakening]]. For example,Jackson insisted that the mail be delivered on Sundays, much to the anger of the evangelicals.<ref>Adam Jortner, "Cholera, Christ, and Jackson: The Epidemic of 1832 and the Origins of Christian Politics in Antebellum America," ''Journal of the Early Republic,'' Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2007, pp. 233-264 in [[Project MUSE]]</ref> | + | Jackson attended a Presbyterian church from time to time, and his wife was a devout Baptist. Jackson had little sympathy for religion in the political sphere, unlike many of his opponents (the Anti-Masons and [[Whigs]]), who were building political coalitions using religious voting blocs during the [[Second Great Awakening]]. For example,Jackson insisted that the mail be delivered on Sundays, much to the anger of the evangelicals.<ref>Adam Jortner, "Cholera, Christ, and Jackson: The Epidemic of 1832 and the Origins of Christian Politics in Antebellum America," ''Journal of the Early Republic,'' Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2007, pp. 233-264 in [[Project MUSE]]</ref> |