Zachary Taylor president and war hero

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  • Zachary Taylor's birth

    Zachary Taylor's birth
  • job before the military

    he was a farmer before becoming a soldier and president
  • Zachary Taylor join's the army

    Zachary Taylor joined the army on 1808 and was commissioned as first lieutenant of the infantry
  • education

    no formal education but he did go to the Virginia military institute for college
  • married

    to Margaret Mackall Smith
  • war of 1812

    war of 1812
    on April 4 Zachary Taylor tried to coordinate the use of federal army regulars with the 1,700 Illinois volunteers under Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside in the pursuit of Black Hawk and his followers.
  • Sarah Knox Taylor born

    Sarah Knox Taylor born
    born 1814-35
  • Ann Mackall born

    Ann Mackall born
    born 1814-35
  • Octavia p. Taylor

    born 1816-20
  • Margaret Smith born

    Margaret Smith born
    born 1819-20
  • sarah dabney dies

    1760-1822 Zachary Taylors mother
  • Mary Elizabeth born

    Mary Elizabeth born
    born 1824-1909
  • richard taylor born

    richard taylor born
    son of Zachary Taylor. born 1826-79
  • richard taylor dies

    father of Zachary Taylor
  • second seminole war

    The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between various groups of Native Americans and Black Indians
  • mexican american war.

    mexican american war.
    He became a full-fledged war hero through his service in the Mexican War, which broke out in 1846 after the U.S. annexation of Texas
  • no expansion of slavery in the west

    the sectional debate over slavery and its expansion into the country's new western territories.
  • zachcary Taylor elected into office

    elected 1849 - 1850
  • civil war

    civil war
    The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-48). Lingering resentment over its provisions contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War
  • death

    death
    died from eating cheries