USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Surrounding the Creek were forces led by future President Andrew Jackson, then a major general of the Tennessee Militia. The core of his force was 2, 600 European American soldiers, most of whom hoped that a victory would open native land to European American settlement.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the night of March 26, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson and a contingent of 3, 300 regulars, militiamen, Cherokees and Lower Creek camped six miles north of Horseshoe Bend.