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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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