John Coffee

thumb| John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter of English descent, and a state militia brigadier general in Tennessee. He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Wars (1813–14) and the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Quotes The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrours, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. On American Indian fighters at the Battle of Tallushatchee, 3 November 1813, in an official report to Andrew Jackson (November 1813), as quoted in James Porton, Life of Andrew Jackson (1860) External links Category:1772 births Category:1833 deaths Category:People from Virginia Category:People from Alabama Category:People from Tennessee Category:United States Army people