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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVYJ_tohopeka-in-flames_Daviston-AL.html
In this meadow 350 women and children, sheltered in the village of Tohopeka, listened to the sounds of battle drifting back from the barricade 1,000 yards away. Alarmed, they watched as enemy Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors crossed the river, cu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVXX_with-deer-tails-in-their-hair_Daviston-AL.html
On the morning of the battle, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson's Indian allies surrounded the lower portion of Horseshoe Bend.
The Cherokee were positioned across the river from where you stand; the Lower Creek were farther upriver to your left.
Hea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFA_designed-for-defense_Daviston-AL.html
...[The Creek] had erected a breast-work, of greatest compactness and strength-from five to eight feet high, and prepared with double rows of port-holes very artfully arranged...an army could not approach it without being exposed to a double and c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVF9_charge_Daviston-AL.html
Having maintained for a few minutes a very obstinate contest, muzzle to muzzle, through the port-holes, in which many of the enemy's balls were welded to the bayonets of our musquets, our troops succeeded in gaining possession of the opposite side…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVF8_while-the-long-roll-was-beating_Daviston-AL.html
I never had such emotions as while the long roll was beating...It was not fear, it was not anxiety or concern of the fate of those who were so soon to fall but it was a kind of enthusiasm that thrilled through every nerve and animate me with the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVF7_a-bloody-contest_Daviston-AL.html
Any officer or soldiers who flies before the enemy-shall suffer death.
With these harsh words, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson marched his soldiers 52 miles from the Coosa River to Horseshoe Bend and a bloody contest with the Red Sticks. His battle ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV81_futile-escape_Daviston-AL.html
I ordered [Lt. Jesse] Bean to take possession of the Island below, with forty men, to prevent the enemy's taking refuge there...as many of the enemy did attempt their escape...but not one were landed-they were sunk by [Lt.] Beans command ere they …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV40_horseshoe-bend-national-military-park_Daviston-AL.html
Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkThe park offers activities designed to commemorate the events that occurred here on March 27, 1814. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend ended the Creek Indian War and added nearly 23 million acres of land to the Unite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMURL_battle-of-emucfau_Daviston-AL.html
Jackson fortified position here during Creek Indian War (1813-1814). Although repeated attacks by the Red Sticks were repulsed, Jackson withdrew with the Indians pursuing.