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Jackson's victory made him a national hero,[128] and on February 27, 1815, he was given the Thanks of Congress and awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.[47] Though the Treaty of Ghent had been signed in December 1814 before the Battle of New Orleans was fought,[129] Jackson's victory assured that the United States control of the region between Mobile and New Orleans would not be effectively contested by European powers. This control allowed the American government to ignore one of the articles in the treaty, which would have returned the Creek lands taken in the Treaty of Fort Jackson.[130]

First Seminole War
Main article: Seminole Wars § First Seminole War
Engraving of the trial of Robert Ambrister by William Croome in John Frost's Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson. (c. 1846)
Following the war, Jackson remained in command of troops in the southern half of the United States and was permitted to make his headquarters at the Hermitage.[131] Jackson continued to displace the Native Americans in areas under his command. 