Battle of Burnt Corn
Battle of Burnt Corn | |||||||
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Part of the Creek War | |||||||
Sketch of the Burnt Corn battlefield | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Creek | United States | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Peter McQueen |
Captain Dixon Bailey | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~80 | ~180 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~10 or 12 killed eight or nine wounded |
2 killed 15 wounded |
The Battle of Burnt Corn, also known as the Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, was an encounter between United States armed forces and
Background
In July 1813,
But Samuel Moniac, a Creek warrior, testified August 2, 1813 after the events, "High Head told me that, when they went back with their supply, another body of men would go down for another supply of ammunition; and that ten men were to go out of town, and they calculated on 'five horse-loads for every town'."[3]
Battle
United States soldiers at
The Americans scattered the Red Sticks, who fled to the nearby swamps. Flush with victory, the Americans began looting the Red Sticks' pack-horses. From the swamp, the Creeks noticed that the Americans had dropped their guard. The Creek re-grouped and launched a surprise attack of their own, which scattered the Americans.[4]
Gallery
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Map of events in Alabama during the War of 1812. Burnt Corn battle site is located in the bottom left.
References
- ^ a b Braund, Kathryn E. Holland (October 28, 2008). "Creek War of 1813–14". The Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
- ^ ISBN 0-940450-35-6.
History of the United States of America henry adams burnt corn.
- ^ Modette. "History of the Mississippi Valley, Volume II". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ a b Hatch, Thom (2012). Osceola and the Great Seminole War. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 19.
- ^ Mississippi Historical Society (1921). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society: Centenary series. The Society. p. 35.
- ^ Hatch, Thom (2012). Osceola and the Great Seminole War. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 19–20.
External links
- A map of Creek War Battle Sites from the PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Account of the Battle of Burnt Corn
- The Deposition of Samuel Moniac taken in 1813.