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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Menawa (category People of the Creek War)
    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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    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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  • Peter McQueen (category American people of Scotch-Irish descent)
    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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    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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    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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    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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  • territories. He was a key figure major battles of the Creek War, including the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the capture of Pensacola from the British. Gordon...
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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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    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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    Creek War (category History of Georgia (U.S. state))
    Tohopeka with a force of about 3,000 effective fighting men augmented by 600 Cherokee and Lower Creek allies. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which occurred on...
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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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    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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    Sequoyah (category Creators of writing systems)
    Sequoyah served as a warrior of the Cherokee Regiment (Col. Gideon Morgan, Commander) at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the "Red Sticks" (Creek...
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    Black Hawk War (category Native American history of Illinois)
    a bend in the Pecatonica River. In a brief battle, the Americans killed and scalped all of the Natives. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (or Battle of Pecatonica)...
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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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    early settlement of Randolph County which was settled after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814 when the Creek Indians were defeated by General Andrew...
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    During the War of 1812, 500 Cherokee warriors from the area fought alongside General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, against the Creek...
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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 took place, including...
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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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    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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    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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