Fort Mims massacre

Wann

30. Aug. 1813

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

31.18° N, 87.84° W

Description

part of the Creek War (1813)

Part of the Creek War in Alabama, United States (1813)

The Fort Mims massacre occurred on August 30, 1813, at a fortified homestead site 35–40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama, during the Creek War. A large force of Creek Indians belonging to the Red Sticks faction, under the command of Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: A force of Creeks, belonging to the Red Sticks faction, kills hundreds of settlers in Fort Mims, Alabama“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „les Creeks Bâtons-Rouges massacrent 250 personnes à bataille de Fort Mims“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

• Creek War1813 · Krieg