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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.
Tensaw is an unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area and is the home of historic Fort Mims. The name Tensaw is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. [2] A post office operated under the name Tensaw from 1807 to 1953. [3]
Map of Alabama during the War of 1812. Fort Pierce is located in the bottom left. After the Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, Red Sticks planned to attack Fort Mims, as some métis who assisted in the American attack had taken refuge inside. [10] The Red Sticks initially planned a simultaneous attack on Fort Pierce along with their attack on Fort ...
Fort Sinquefield is the historic site of a wooden stockade fortification in Clarke County, Alabama, United States, near the modern town of Grove Hill. It was built by early Clarke County pioneers as protection during the Creek War and was attacked in 1813 by Creek warriors.
A map of Creek War Battle Sites, PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. "Battle of Horseshoe Bend" Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopedia of Alabama; Mrs. Dunham Rowland, "The Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812", Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 4, 1921, pp. 7–156
The military park is located in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Although New Site is the closest municipality, the park uses a mailing address based in Daviston . General Andrew Jackson 's Tennessee militia, aided by the 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment and Cherokee and Lower Creek allies, won a decisive victory against the Upper Creek Red Stick Nation ...
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.
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