THE BATTLE OF HORSESHOE BEND
Here Houston, under Jackson in the victory over the Creeks, won great distinction
Returns home
Wounded in battle
He was now eighteen. He returned home and went to school a term at Marysville Academy. In the war of 1812 General Jackson called the men of Tennessee to arms. Young Houston responded to the call, and fought against the Indians in the great "Battle of Horseshoe Bend." After doing heroic deeds, he was dangerously wounded. Houston was a long time in getting well.
SAM HOUSTON
From a photograph by Matthew B. Brady in the collection of the War Department, Washington, D.C.
Elected to Congress