Battle of Tallushatchee

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The Battle of Tallushatchee was an 1813 engagement during the Creek War in which U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson attacked and destroyed a Red Stick Creek village in present-day Alabama.

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Battle of Tallushatchee canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement
armedForcesBranch Tennessee militia cavalry
linked to: Tennessee militia

Tennessee militia infantry
linked to: Tennessee militia
associatedWith Andrew Jackson’s rise to national prominence
U.S. expansion into Creek lands
belligerent Red Stick Creeks
United States
Upper Creek Red Sticks
linked to: Red Sticks
campaign Andrew Jackson’s Creek campaign
linked to: Battle of Fort Mims
casualties heavy Red Stick Creek casualties
light U.S. casualties
category Battles involving the United States
Battles of the Creek War
Conflicts in 1813
chronologyPosition early battle in the Creek War
commander Andrew Jackson
John Coffee
Red Stick Creek leaders
William Carroll
conflict Creek War
countryAtTime United States
date 1813-11-03
followedBy Battle of Talladega
historicalRegion Mississippi Territory
location Tallushatchee
near Jacksonville, Alabama
present-day Alabama
militaryForceUsed Cherokee allies of the United States
Tennessee militia
modernState Alabama
notableFeature killing of noncombatants including women and children
notableParticipant Davy Crockett
objective punitive expedition against Red Stick Creeks
outcome destruction of Red Stick village at Tallushatchee
partOf Creek War
War of 1812 theater in the Southeast
precededBy Fort Mims massacre
result United States victory
sourceType described in Davy Crockett’s memoirs
documented in U.S. military reports
tacticalResult encirclement and destruction of village
theater Southern theater of the War of 1812
typeOfAction offensive attack on village
year 1813

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Creek War (1813–1814) notableEvent Battle of Tallushatchee
Battle of Talladega precededBy Battle of Tallushatchee
Red Stick uprising hasPart Battle of Tallushatchee