[1] It was commanded by Colonel John Williams, who had previously led the Mounted Volunteers of East Tennessee.
[2] On December 31, 1813 Major General Thomas Pinckney ordered the regiment to join Andrew Jackson's force, countermanding orders that had been sent from General Flournoy at New Orleans who wanted them there,[1] thus providing a disciplined core and strategic resupply for his command, which was down to about 75 men eating roots and acorns.
Williams said in a campaign pamphlet in 1828 that Woods cried "bitterly and loudly"; the Jackson camp claimed he was belligerent and deserved to die.
[5] At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Jackson placed the regiment, (because they were the best-trained soldiers he had)[1] in the center of his assault force.
of War Armstrong that "one half of the officers and one sixth of the troops of the 39th engaged in the battle of Tohopeka are among the killed and wounded.