ed, wounded, prisoners, and
deserters, since his first appearance, cannot fall short of
2,500, including many officers, among whom is Colonel Wellington,
of the Buffs.

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_Resolution of Congress Voting Rifles to Martin F. Aitkin and others._

_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to
cause to be delivered to Martin J. Aitkin, Azariah C. Flagg, Ira
A. Wood, Gustavus A. Bird, James Trowbridge, Hazen Mooers, Henry
K. Averill, St. John B. L. Skinner, Frederick P. Allen, Hiram
Walworth, Ethan Everist, Amos Soper, James Patten, Bartemus
Brooks, Smith Bateman, Melancthon W. Travis and Flavel Williams,
each, one rifle, promised them by General Macomb, while
commanding the Champlain department, for their gallantry and
patriotic services as a volunteer corps, during the siege of
Plattsburgh in September, one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen, on each of which said rifles there shall be a plate
containing an appropriate inscription.

Approved May 20, 1826.

No. 46. (p. 238)
PLATE XLVII.

_January 8, 1815._

Major General Andrew Jackson. [Rx]. Resolution of Congress
February 27. 1815.

MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.

[_Victory of New Orleans._]

MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. Bust of General Jackson, in uniform,
facing the right. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 27. 1815. A winged Victory, holding in
her left hand a crown of laurel, and a tablet upon which she has
written, at the dictation of Peace, the word ORLEANS. Exergue: BATTLE
OF NEW ORLEANS JANUARY 8. 1815. FUeRST. F. (_fecit_).

ANDREW JACKSON was born in the Waxhaw Settlement, North Carolina,
March 15, 1767. His parents had recently emigrated from Ireland, and
he lost them both early in life. In 1781 he joined the Continental
Army and served in North Carolina. Having studied law, he removed, in
1788, to Nashville. He was the first member of Congress from
Tennessee, in 1796; was United States senator, 1797-1798; judge of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1799; resigned in 1804, and retired to his
farm, called "The Hermitage," near Nashville. As major-general of the
Tennessee Volunteers, he gained vic