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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 .
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka, Cholocco Litabixbee, or The Horseshoe), was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory, now central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under Major General Andrew Jackson [ 2 ] defeated the Red Sticks , a part of the Creek Indian tribe who ...
Fort Strother was a stockade fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama. [2] It was located on a bluff of the Coosa River, near the modern Neely Henry Dam in Ragland, Alabama. [3]
Fort Williams was a supply depot built in early 1814 in preparation for the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. [2] It was located in Alabama on the southeast shore where Cedar Creek meets the Coosa River, near Talladega Springs. [3]
After the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Georgia and South Carolina troops under the command of Major General Thomas Pinckney marched from Fort Decatur to Fort Jackson. [8] Brigadier General Joseph Graham commanded troops at Fort Decatur who repaired roads and assisted in supplying Jackson's army after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. [ 9 ]
During the Creek War (1813–1814), he led Red Sticks warriors and survived the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. To carry out punishment for the crime of an unauthorized land cession, in 1825 Menawa led about 150 lawmenders in an attack on chief William McIntosh , who had signed the Treaty of Indian Springs that year without the consent of the Creek ...
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Fort Armstrong was a stockade fort built in present-day Cherokee County, Alabama during the Creek War.The fort was built to protect the surrounding area from attacks by Red Stick warriors but was also used as a staging area and supply depot in preparation for further military action against the Red Sticks.