Last Name First Name Army Joined Discharged Rank Brigade Regiment Company Present Remarks
Miller John West TN 28 Jan 1814 10 May 1814 Priv Cheatham Chapman John Miller
http://www.nps.gov/hobe/upload/tennessee%20militia.pdf
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My notes
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Dates match a document I found that Chapman was in charge of the Regiment. I have to find out if they all went down and back together then disbanded the Regiment (YES) and then somehow he got back for Pensacola (YES Second group). Visit with John Miller had a document that said This John was at Pensacola so I found a document that had all soldiers in that action and there was a Tennessee man on the list by this name.
Sept, 1813 Davy Crockett served a 3 month enlistment
Dec 1813 General Andrew Jackson (would be 7th US President) faced a mutiny regarding the enlistment periods. General said 1 year time in the battle field, Volunteers said 1 year away from home.
Jan 14, 1814, received 900 raw recruits to add to his force of 103 men left after the mutiny
Jan 22-24 1814 Battle of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek
Jan 28, 1814, John C Miller Joined (age 14.3) Along with 1230 same date, 79 in Company Chapman
Chain of Command:
General Andrew Jackson
Colonel Cheatham
Captain Chapman
March 27, 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend
April 1814, Jackson establishes Fort Jackson
May, 1814 British land supplies at Apalachicola
May 10, 1814 John C Miller Discharged (serving for 5 months) searching the document 1193 people discharged this date
September 1814 - April 1815 served with 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
Chain of Command:
Major General Andrew Jackson
General Coffee
Colonel Thomas Williamson
Captain John Crane
Nov 7-9, 1814 Battle of Pensacola
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COLONEL ARCHER CHEATHAM (Group John C went to Horseshoe Bend with)
• DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia
• DATES: January 1814 - May 1814
• MEN MOSTLY FROM: Robertson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson Counties
• CAPTAINS: Richard Benson, Hugh Birdwell, Robert Carson, George C. Chapman, William Creel, James Giddins, Charles Johnson, William Smith
BRIEF HISTORY:
With a total complement of 520 men, this regiment was part of the reserves at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). Prior to the battle, many of the men transferred to the artillery squad. One of the transfers, young Private John Caffery, Jr. of Captain Charles Johnson's company, was the nephew of Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel. After the battle, Jackson proudly wrote to his wife that her nephew "fought bravely and killed an Indian." Archer Cheatham was a prominent citizen of Springfied, Robertson County. http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812
COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON (Group John C went to Pensacola with)
• DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
• DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
• MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
• CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Robert Dyer's unit, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's brigade that fought at Pensacola and New Orleans. Marching from Fayetteville to Camp Gaines (30 miles from Fort Montgomery), they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.
http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812
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853. JOHN CONLY MILLER (Lea's grandfather) was born on 11 October 1799, in Grainger County, TN, to George Miller 887 and
Aggie Miller [Conley] 888, as shown in family tree 96. John died on 10 June 1867, aged 67 years, in Phelps County, Missouri.
He was buried in Miller Cemetery, Phelps MO.
The following information is also recorded for John. Military Service about 1812, aged about 12.
Notes:
• John C. and Nancy (Dudley) Miller, who were born in Tennessee and North Carolina in 1798 and 1810, and died in 1867 and 1870, respectively. They were married in the father's native state, and in 1827 moved to Indiana, thence to Illinois in 1830, and took up their abode in Crawford county, Mo. (now Phelps county) in 1835. They came to this state overland, with ox teams, and bought out a settler, Mr. Newberry, and entered the land, 120 acres. John C. Miller served as justice of the peace for several years, and was also judge of Pulaski county, Mo., for four years. At the early age of fourteen years he enlisted in the War of 1812, and served three years, being crippled by a four-horse cannon wagon, which wound finally caused his death. He was a participant in the battle of Horse Shoe Bend. The following are the names of his children: Lea H., Chesteen, William W., George R., Mrs. R. A. Love, Mrs. Matthew
Wynn, Mrs. John Welch and Mrs. E. P. Ferrill. The grandfather, George Miller, was born in Ireland, and was a harness maker and saddler. His wife, whose maiden name was Aggie Conley, was born in East Tennessee, and was of German descent. The maternal grandfather was a farmer.
• served for 3 years, crippled by 4-horse cannon. Participant of Horse Shoe Bend battle (Military Service).
Family History Site
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Map and info for battle of Horse Shoe Bend
On March 27, 1814, General Andrew Jackson led troops consisting of 2,600 American soldiers, 500 Cherokee, and 100 Lower Creek allies up a steep hill near Tehopeka. From this vantage point, Jackson would begin his attack on the Red Stick fortification.[5] At 6:30am, he split his troops and sent roughly 1300 men to cross the Tallapoosa River and surround the Creek village. Then, at 10:30 a.m., Jackson's remaining troops began an artillery barrage which consisted of two cannons firing for about two hours. Little damage was caused to the Red Sticks or their 400-yard-long, log-and-dirt fortifications.[5] In fact, Jackson was quite impressed with the measures the Red Sticks took to protect their position.
Soon, Jackson ordered a bayonet charge. The 39th U.S. Infantry, led by Colonel John Williams,[7] charged the breastworks and engaged the Red Sticks in hand-to-hand combat. Sam Houston (the future statesman and leader of Texas) served as a third lieutenant in Jackson's army. Houston was one of the first to make it over the log barricade alive and received a wound from a Creek arrow that troubled him for the rest of his life.[4]
Meanwhile, the troops under the command of General John Coffee had successfully crossed the river and surrounded the encampment. They joined the fight and gave Jackson a great advantage. The Creek warriors refused to surrender, though, and the battle lasted for more than five hours. At the end, roughly 800 of the 1000 Red Stick warriors present at the battle were killed.[8] In contrast, Jackson lost fewer than 50 men during the fight and reported 154 wounded.
After the battle, Jackson's troops made bridle reins from skin taken from Indian corpses, conducted a body count by cutting off the tips of their noses, and sent their clothing as souvenirs to the "ladies of Tennessee."[9]
Chief Menawa was severely wounded but survived; he led about 200 of the original 1,000 warriors across the river and toward safety, to join the Seminole tribe in Spanish Florida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Horseshoe_Bend_(1814)
After Horseshoe Bend (March 27), Jackson aimed to remove British presence in north Florida and sought approval of his plan to take Pensacola. Secretary of War James Monroe sent orders for the General to stay away, as Washington feared drawing Spain into the war, but these orders arrived too late to thwart the aggressive Jackson who commanded a regular army of four infantry battalions. After the arrival of volunteers under General John Coffee the Americans moved towards Pensacola. After two aborted attempts at reaching a peace accord with the Spanish, Jackson sent 500 troops in a feinting move on the western side of Pensacola but moved the majority of his army to attack Fort San Miguel from the east. The Spanish force of 500 men was quickly overwhelmed and Governor Manrique quickly surrendered, hoping to spare the city. The battle toll was light—7 Americans killed and 11 wounded against 15 Spanish causalities. Hearing of the approach of the American army and getting no cooperation from the Spanish, the British had simply abandoned Fort San Carlos on Santa Rosa Island on November 7-8 and sailed away on six British warships anchored off the coast http://www.bandyheritagecenter.org/Content/Uploads/Bandy%20Heritage%20Center/files/1812/The%20Battle%20of%20Pensacola%20(1814).pdf
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