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The Fort Mims massacre took place on August 30, 1813, at a fortified homestead site 35-40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama, during the Creek War. A large force of Creek Indians belonging to the Red Sticks faction, under the command of Peter McQueen and William Weatherford , stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison.
Fort Mims Site: September 14, 1972 : Southwestern quarter of Section 36, Township 2 North, Range 2 East [7: Tensaw: Site of a battle during the Creek War. On August 30, 1813, Red Stick Creeks killed or captured 517 settlers, militia, and their allies at Fort Mims.
There are 39 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Alabama, [1] [2] which are located in 18 of the state's 67 counties. Five of the NHLs in the state have military significance, eight are significant examples of a particular architectural style , six are archaeological sites , seven played a role in the African American struggle for civil ...
The Palisades and Eaton infernos have laid waste to more than 30 structures considered historic in what preservationists believe is the single worst loss of such properties in the region's history.
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a 2,040-acre, U.S. national military park managed by the National Park Service that is the site of the penultimate battle of the Creek War on March 27, 1814. The military park is located in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Although New Site is the closest municipality, the park uses a mailing address based in ...
In U.S. Army terms, rows of once spectacular homes that have graced historic Fort Leavenworth for more than 100 years stand in defeat. Like downtrodden troops, grand houses of red brick or yellow ...
There are 14 original buildings as part of the fort museum: 1. Commissary Building: Once used for food storage; today houses a video program. 2. Post Headquarters: Used for the paymaster and offices. 3. Quartermaster's Storehouse: Held any and all equipment needed by the soldiers during the Fort's history. 4. Post Bathhouse: The newest building ...
The structures and sites that contribute to the National Register of Historic Places listing include the ruinous brick furnace (c. 1860s, 1880s), the tramway bed from the railroad (c. 1860s), the brick foundations of the rolling mill (c. 1862, 1880s), the nailery foundations (c. 1880s), coke ovens (c. 1880s), cemetery (c. 1850s), and the superintendent's house (c. 1870s).