Andrew Jackson burns Tallahassee to the ground (Seminole War 200th)
Forty-six years before Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman set fire to Atlanta, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson burned Tallahassee to ashes. This article is part of a continuing series that marks the 200th anniversary of the First Seminole War. Please click here to access the entire timeline of stories. Tallahassee Talofa (“Old Field Town”) was a long-established Seminole […]