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    98222; -85.73528 The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka, Cholocco Litabixbee, or The Horseshoe), was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi...
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    The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, also referred to as the Battle of Pecatonica and the Battle of Bloody Lake, was fought on June 16, 1832 in present-day Wisconsin...
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  • Horseshoe Bend may refer to: Wikimedia Commons has media related to Horseshoe Bend. Horseshoe Bend, New South Wales, an inner city suburb in the City of...
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    John Coffee (category People of the Creek War)
    of wounded. Andrew Jackson and his force withdrew back to Fort Strother. Andrew Jackson arrived at the last Red Stick village base at Horseshoe bend with...
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  • Red Sticks (category Indigenous topics of the Southeastern Woodlands)
    finally defeated the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814) on March 27, 1814. His forces killed or captured most of the Creek, but some survivors escaped...
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    during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend at this site on the Tallapoosa River. Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend broke the power of the Creek Nation...
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    Bend National Military Park, which commemorates the Battle of Horseshoe Bend that hastened the end of the Creek War. New Site is located at 33°1′49″N 85°47′12″W...
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    John Williams (Tennessee politician) (category Ambassadors of the United States to the Federal Republic of Central America)
    colonel of the 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment during the Creek Wars, and played a key role in Jackson's victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.: 23 ...
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    He led troops during the Creek War of 1813–1814, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and negotiating the Treaty of Fort Jackson that required the indigenous...
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    Menawa (category Chiefs of the Muscogee)
    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...
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  • Peter McQueen (category Chiefs of the Muscogee)
    warriors, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Jackson's forces won. Altogether in the Creek War nearly 3,000 Creek died, many of the Upper Towns were...
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    Junaluska (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
    of Cherokee who resided in towns in western North Carolina in the early 19th century. He fought alongside Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend...
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  • Spafford Farm massacre Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1832) Battle of Waddams Grove Battle of Kellogg's Grove Attack at Ament's Cabin Battle of Apple River Fort...
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    Lemuel P. Montgomery (category People of the Creek War)
    War of 1812 broke out, and was commissioned as a major of the 39th Infantry. He was killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, at the conclusion of the Creek...
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    William Weatherford (category People of the Creek War)
    hostages from death. In the finale of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Weatherford's rapid responses allowed various small bands of Red Sticks to regroup and fight...
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    General Andrew Jackson destroyed the military strength of the Creek nation at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Although Great Britain was unwilling to...
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    Fort Williams (Alabama) (category Pre-statehood history of Alabama)
    was a supply depot built in early 1814 in preparation for the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. It was located in Alabama on the southeast shore where Cedar Creek...
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    Sam Houston (category Army of the Republic of Texas generals)
    wounded badly in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the decisive battle in the Creek War. Although army doctors expected him to die of his wounds, Houston survived...
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    Creek War (category History of Georgia (U.S. state))
    Victory at the Horseshoe Bend", Alabama Review, 1968 21(4): 243–275. Kanon, Thomas. "'A Slow, Laborious Slaughter': The Battle Of Horseshoe Bend." Tennessee...
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    Alabama following the defeat of the Red Stick (Upper Creek) resistance by United States allied forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The treaty signing took...
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    Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors, crushed the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River. Though the Red Sticks had been soundly...
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    Wapasha II (category Native Americans in the War of 1812)
    attacked them. Dodge reported to Atkinson that after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, some of the scalps were shared with the "friendly" Indians who "appeared...
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    William Carroll (Tennessee politician) (category Democratic Party governors of Tennessee)
    over the incident. After the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Carroll returned to Nashville to recruit troops for the defense of New Orleans. After Jackson resigned...
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    entirely by white settlers. In addition to the Battle of the Thames and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, other wars with American Indians included the Peoria...
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  • entertain General Andrew Jackson on his return home from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. It was one of the earliest brick structures in Alabama, and remains a...
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    confidence in battles at Horseshoe Bend and Waddams Grove. Black Hawk himself led warriors in several battles, including Stillman's Run, the Battle of Apple River...
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    of that border region. After the decisive defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, some Creek warriors escaped to join the...
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    reinforcements (some of the regular U.S. troops), he once again went on the offensive and met the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Borneman p.149...
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    Lyncoya Jackson (category Children of presidents of the United States)
    (Muscogee/Red Stick) parents, he was orphaned during the Creek War after the Battle of Tallushatchee. Lyncoya was brought to Jackson after the surviving women...
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    Selocta Chinnabby (category Chiefs of the Muscogee)
    battles, including the Battle of Talladega, Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek, and Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Prior to the Battle of Talladega, it was...
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