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[[Image:{{JacksMilRdMap}}]]'''Jackson's Military Road''' was built in 1814 | [[Image:{{JacksMilRdMap}}]]'''Jackson's Military Road''' was built in 1814 (at the close of the War of 1812) to help General Andrew Jackson prepare against a British invasion. The road split off from the [[Natchez Trace|Natchez Trace]] at Tupelo, Mississippi and stretched south to New Orleans, Louisiana.<ref name="DollarM">William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38096564 Map Guide to American Migration Routes 1735-1815]'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1997)[{{FSC|973 E3d}}], 36-37.</ref> From Nashville to New Orleans is 516 miles (830 km). | ||
=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
During the War of 1812 General Andrew Jackson needed to be able to move his army quickly to defend New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, or Pensacola | During the War of 1812 General Andrew Jackson needed to be able to move his army quickly to defend New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, or Pensacola in case of a British attack. A network of roads was created linking these Gulf Coast ports to Nashville, Tennessee.<ref>Dollarhide, 35-36.</ref> | ||
After the war in 1816, Congress appropriated funds and assigned the Army to improve the road, build bridges and swamp causeways, and named the route from Nashville to New Orleans in honor of General Jackson.<ref>William A. Love, "General Jackson's Military Road," [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5110834 ''Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society'' ][{{FSC|976.2 C45p}}] 11:406-407. Digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=0EkTAAAAYAAJpg=PA403lpg=PA403dq=Jackson's+Military+Roadsource=blamp;ots=myMUG820o7sig=HTZB4RSMk54h4HJV1Yp9dDeZKpghl=enei=CiZcTPKGJIy-sQPa3Jgqsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=2amp;ved=0CBUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepageq=Jackson's%20Military%20Roadf=false Google Books].</ref> | After the war in 1816, Congress appropriated funds and assigned the Army to improve the road, build bridges and swamp causeways, and named the route from Nashville to New Orleans in honor of General Jackson.<ref>William A. Love, "General Jackson's Military Road," [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5110834 ''Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society'' ][{{FSC|976.2 C45p}}] 11:406-407. Digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=0EkTAAAAYAAJpg=PA403lpg=PA403dq=Jackson's+Military+Roadsource=blamp;ots=myMUG820o7sig=HTZB4RSMk54h4HJV1Yp9dDeZKpghl=enei=CiZcTPKGJIy-sQPa3Jgqsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=2amp;ved=0CBUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepageq=Jackson's%20Military%20Roadf=false Google Books].</ref> | ||
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=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
No known list of settlers who followed General Jackson's Military Road exists. See records of settlers in the Nashville, | No known list of settlers who followed General Jackson's Military Road exists. See records of settlers in the Nashville, Tupelo, and New Orleans area. Also see county histories of counties along the road for early settler lists. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Jackson's Military Road}} | {{Wikipedia|Jackson's Military Road}} | ||
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