year. Later he served as a Tennessee superior court judge for six years starting in 1798. In March 1812, Jackson issued a call to be ready for an attack on Canada. Next, he was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia; here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were pro-British in the war of 1812). His goal was achieved at Horseshoe Bend in March of 1814. Eventually he forced all Indians from the area. The victory was so decisive that the Creeks never again menaced the frontier, and Jackson was established as the hero of the West. Jackson was given the nickname "Old Hickory."
             In August 1814, Jackson moved his army south the Mobile to capture the Spanish post at Pensacola. The motive was to prepare the way for U.S. acquisition of Florida, then a Spanish possession. The battle traveled from Pensacola to New Orleans, where Jackson marched his army overland early in December. Jackson's forces inflicted a decisive defeat upon the British army and forced it to withdraw. News reached Washington at a time when morale was low, and a few days later, new of the signing of a peace treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain at Ghent reached the capital. The twin reports brought joy and relief to the American people and made Jackson a hero of a substantial part of the country.
             In 1822 the Tennessee Legislature nominated him
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