Battle of the Hiwassee River

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Continued_displacement_of_Cherokee_people
gptkbp:casualties Minimal_for_U.S._forces
Significant_for_Cherokee_forces
gptkbp:celebrates Historical markers
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Cherokee
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major_John_A._McCulloch
gptkb:Colonel_John_W._P._McCulloch
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Cherokee–American_wars
gptkbp:culturalImpact Cherokee_resistance
gptkbp:date November 29, 1838
gptkbp:documentedIn Historical records
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Oconee_River
gptkbp:historical_analysis Examined in military history studies
Analyzed_in_the_context_of_U.S._expansionism
Discussed_in_Native_American_history_studies
Reviewed_in_the_context_of_the_Trail_of_Tears
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Symbol_of_U.S._expansionism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Hiwassee River
gptkbp:influencedBy Weather conditions
Local geography
Political climate of the 1830s
Public_sentiment_towards_Native_Americans
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Cherokee_warriors
gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:legacy Impact on U.S.-Native American relations
Historical_memory_of_the_Cherokee_people
gptkbp:location Hiwassee_River,_Tennessee
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:John_Ross
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:outcome Displacement_of_Cherokee_communities
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:U.S._military_campaigns_against_Native_Americans
Trail of Tears
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Fort Butler
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Indian_Wars
Civil_War_battles_in_Tennessee
Removal_of_Native_Americans
gptkbp:relatedTo Trail of Tears
gptkbp:result United_States_victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:Forced_removal_of_Cherokee_people
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control_of_the_Hiwassee_River
gptkbp:tactics Flanking maneuvers
Surprise attack