The Battle of Fort Mims, Alabama occurred thirty-five miles above Mobile, on the Alabama River on August the 30th, 1813 when the fort, then held by some 500 men, women and children, whites, mixed-race, Indians and negroes, and commanded by Beasley and Bailey, was attacked by 800 Creek warriors, led by McQueen and Weathersford, two mixed-race Creek-Americans. The fort was completely taken by surprise and could offer little resistance. Beasley and Bailey and over 300 others were killed and scalped, but the negroes were saved for slaves. Research Battle of Fort Mims
The Creek War was a war between the Creek Indians and the US government fought between 1813 and 1814. The Creek, who had been British allies in the War of 1812, were stirred up by the Shawnee chief Tecumseh and began the war in August 1813 by massacring some 500 Americans at FortMims, Georgia. General A Jackson was sent with some 5,000 soldiers to subdue the Creek. After winning initial battles, Jackson put an end to the war by his decisive victory on March the 27th 1814 at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The Creek subsequently signed the Treaty of FortJackson on August the 9th 1814, giving up most of their tribal lands. Research Creek War
MIMS is an abbreviation for Multiple Independently Manoeuvring Submunitions
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