THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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They were the Tennesseans who defended the lower country during the battle.
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They fought against the American forces and their American Indian allies.
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They fought against the British forces and their American Indian allies.
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They were the British forces who defended the lower country during the battle.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Led by a chief named Menawa and the prophet Monahee, the Red Sticks hoped for a decisive victory over Andrew Jackson’s force of 2, 600 European American soldiers, 500 Cherokee, and 100 Lower Creek. For the first two hours of the battle, cannon shot plunged into the barrier, injuring the men behind it.
Detailed explanation-2: -The battle took place at the the Red Stick stronghold known as Tohopeka (located in present day Eastern Alabama). The site was a heavily fortified peninsula on the Tallapoosa River where the Red Sticks had cleverly created an elaborate barricade that prevented a frontal assault.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Red Sticks’ goal was to strike at mixed-blood Creek of the Tensaw settlement who had taken refuge at the fort. The warriors attacked the fort and killed a total of 400 to 500 people, including women and children and numerous white settlers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Menawa-(1765-ca. Known in his youth as Hothlepoya or “Crazy War Hunter” for his prowess as a warrior along the Tennessee and Georgia frontiers. Supported the Red Stick cause during the Creek civil war and led Red Stick warriors at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Detailed explanation-5: -Factions arose among the Creeks, and a group known as the Red Sticks preyed upon white settlements and fought with those Creeks who opposed them. On August 30, 1813, when the Red Sticks swept down upon 553 surprised frontiersmen at a crude fortification at Lake Tensaw, north of Mobile, the resulting Ft.