Ever
wanted to know more about the American Presidents, but were unsure where to
look?
Bad Ass
Presidents follows the life of America's warrior Presidents. Forget
Bush, forget Obama - They're a bunch of pussies compared to these
guys.
> George
Washington rode fearlessly at the head of his troops. During the
French and Indian wars he had two horses shot from under him, and four bullet
holes blasted through his coat. None of that discouraged him.
> Andrew
Jackson has the dubious honor of being the first President to have an
assassination attempt made upon his life. What did the old warrior do? He
charged the son-of-a-bitch with his cane and went on with his day.
> William
Henry Harrison defeated the Indian chief Tecumseh at the Battle of the
Thames. At the Battle of Tippecanoe he had two horses shot from under him and
kept fighting.
> Zachary
Taylor, hero of the War of 1812 and Mexican War, was propelled into office
through his military fame. Because of religious beliefs he refused to be
inaugurated on Sunday. As a result this was the only day in history America had
neither a President nor Vice-President.
> Abraham
Lincoln fought in the Black Hawk War; physically tossed an agitator
out of the audience at his first political rally; in the Civil War he often
visited battlefields, walking here and there, with no regard for the dangers
involved.
> General
Ulysses S. Grant was a hard drinking, rough and tumble fighter who
moved from one battle to the next not stopping to rest in between. Of him all
Lincoln could say was - "I can't spare him, he fights.
> Theodore
Roosevelt was a gentleman, a scholar, and one of the hardest fighting
Presidents we have ever had. He was a frontiersman with his own ranch in the
Dakotas; he raised his own regiment, the Rough Riders, to fight in the Spanish
American War; as a politician he was fearless, and fought for a "Square
Deal" for everyone.
Each of
these Bad Asses show what a President can be if he doesn't spend his entire day
flying a desk, or hiding under it.
Read
the book! Learn about some real American Heroes.
Read an
excerpt about Andrew Jackson -
Although
several smaller skirmishes were fought during the preceding month, what we
think of as the Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8th, 1815.
As dawn
broke that morning it seemed the entire British army was advancing at once. A
Congreve rocket went off near the woods. That was the signal for the attack.
Battery number 6 fired a twelve pounder. Carroll’s Tennessee troops bore the
brunt of the first British attack.
General
Adair formed his Kentucky troops behind the Tennesseans. Batteries 6, 7, and 8
opened fire taking a terrible toll on the advancing British troops, but the
British kept moving forward. The Kentucky and Tennessee infantry were five or
six deep by this time. Each line fired, fell back to reload, and gave the next
line room to fire.
All the
while the British artillery roared, and their rockets burst overhead. The fire
from the Tennessee and Kentucky riflemen was deadly. Their bullets chopped down
the advancing British troops.
The
British retreated amongst the carnage. They reformed for a second charge. Once
again, they were forced back by the deadly fire laid on them by the frontier
riflemen. British dead and wounded littered the battlefield as they pulled
back.
Another
attack led by British General Keene advanced on the right. The Americans fell
back. For a moment it looked like the British had broken through. Beale’s
rifles launched a new attack. Battery 1 and 2 soon joined in with a deadly
volley that mowed down the advancing British troops.
The
British loss was seven hundred killed, and fourteen hundred wounded. The
American loss was six killed, and seven wounded.
It was a
complete victory for Jackson and the Americans.
