THE HERMITAGE

During the Anglo-American War of 1812-1815 (or War of 1812, or Second Revolutionary War), General Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), a native of Camden, South Carolina, defeated the Creeks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, then the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815). He became a hero who, in 1828, was elected ^7th President of the United States. The Hermitage was owned by Jackson from 1804. He retired there permanently at the end of his term in 1837. The site comprises a colonnaded mansion, built progressively between 1804 and 1836, several slave barracks (more than 150 slaves were simultaneously exploited on the site) and 445 hectares of land. Visitor Center, museum, boutique.