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00:00:00They called him Old Hickory, America's first working-class president, a hero to the common

00:00:17man, a barbarian to the upper class, a cold-hearted demon to Indians, a steely-eyed fighter who

00:00:26made every battle personal, on dueling grounds, battlefields, and in the White House, a shrewd

00:00:34politician who branded his own form of democracy, who despised paper money, yet ended up on

00:00:43the $20 bill, Andrew Jackson.

00:00:56On January 8, 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson faced the challenge of a lifetime.

00:01:04In the climactic battle of the War of 1812, 10,000 British Redcoats invaded the South

00:01:10at New Orleans.

00:01:12One obstacle stood in the way of the British regaining their former colonies, Jackson and

00:01:17his ragged army of 4,000 militia, pirates, Indians, Creoles, and slaves.

00:01:25The British expected an easy victory, but they knew little of the man they were facing,

00:01:31whose determination to win was fueled by a d