William Henry Harrison: A Career In The Military

William Henry Harrison was born on February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia. Harrison was born two years before the American Revolution so, he saw many horrific things during his childhood. His family lived on a farm thirty-two miles from Yorktown. Due to growing up and being around so much conflict, Harrison did not want to engage in anymore conflict, especially while serving his term in the White House.
Harrison’s father wanted his son to become a doctor and practice in medicine, although Harrison wasn’t driven to the medical field. Harrison decided to get a career in the military. Since Harrison’s family, was very close to the Washington family he used his family connections to earn a rank in the infantry division. Harrison went in the military as the lowest rank and retired as a lieutenant.
Harrison and Anna Symmes, the daughter of the judge of the region, became married. Harrison soon saw the military career dead and decided to retire. John Adams saw this opportunity to make Harrison his secretary of state. While holding the position as secretary of state, Anna and Henry had three children out of ten they would later have. Unfortunately, only four of his children would see Harrison in the White House. …show more content…
Harrison was very harsh to the Native Americans. He had made more than twelve treaties with the Native Americans within three years and he had grabbed fifty-one million acres of land from them. One of the Indian Tribe leaders, Tecumseh, was furious and claimed everything Harrison had done to them was illegal. Tecumseh declared war against Harrison. Harrison was a little rusty at being a commander of an army, due to being out of battle for a while. Many army officers were killed, but the Indians could not get through the army rifle line. Harrison planned a counterattack and caught the Indians in the