Editing Davy Crockett (section)

==Tennessee militia service==
[[File:Davy Crockett2 1967 Issue-5c.jpg|thumb|left|[[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|U.S. postage stamp]], issued 1967]]
[[Andrew Jackson]] was appointed major general of the Tennessee [[Militia (United States)|militia]] in 1802.{{sfn|Remini|Clark|2008|page=24}} The [[Fort Mims massacre]] occurred near [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Mississippi Territory]], on August 30, 1813, and became a rallying cry for the [[Creek War]].{{sfn|Wallis|2011|pages=103–104}} On September 20, Crockett left his family and enlisted as a scout for a term of 90 days with [[Francis Jones (American politician)|Francis Jones]]'s Company of Mounted Rifleman,{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=106}} part of the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|pages=107–108}} They served under Colonel [[John Coffee]] in the war, marching south into present-day [[Alabama]] and taking an active part in the fighting.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=111}} Crockett often hunted wild game for the soldiers, and felt better suited to that role than killing Creek warriors.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=114}} He served until December 24, 1813.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=118}}

The [[War of 1812]] was being waged concurrently with the Creek War. After the [[Treaty of Fort Jackson]] in August 1814, Andrew Jackson, then with the [[U.S. Army]], wanted [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|the British]] forces ousted from [[Spanish Florida]]{{sfn|Bense|1999|page=45}} and asked for support from the Tennessee militia. Crockett re-enlisted as third sergeant for a six-month term with the Tennessee Mounted Gunmen under Captain John Cowan on September 28, 1814.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=123}} Crockett's unit saw little of the main action because they were days behind the rest of the troops and were focused mostly on foraging for food. Crockett returned home in December.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=128}} He was still on a military reserve status until March 1815, so he hired a young man to fulfill the remainder of his service.{{sfn|Wallis|2011|page=130}}