Battle of Talladega

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Talladega


caption=
partof=the Creek War
date=November 9, 1813
place=Mississippi Territory
result=U.S. victory
combatant1="Red Stick" Creeks
combatant2=United States
commander1=Unknown
commander2=Andrew Jackson
strength1=700
strength2=1,200 infantry
800 cavalry
casualties1=300 killed [Borneman p.149]
casualties2=15 killed
85 wounded [Borneman p.149]

The Battle of Talladega was a battle fought between Tennessee militia and the Red Stick Creek Indians during the Creek War.

Background

When General John Coffee returned to Fort Strother after defeating the Red Sticks at the Battle of Tallushatchee, General Andrew Jackson received a call for help from friendly Creeks who were being besieged by Red Sticks at Talladega.

Battle

On November 9, 1813, Jackson's army arrived outside the village. The Red Sticks, inflicted 100 casualties upon Jackson. However, Jackson inflicted 410 casualties on the Red Sticks and drove them from the field.

Aftermath

After the battle, there was a significant lull in the fighting between the Red Sticks and Jackson's army. By December, the U.S. force was down to almost 500 because of desertion and enlistments running out. In January, in order to support the Georgia militia, Jackson marched toward the village of Emuckfaw with an inexperienced force. This move resulted in the Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek. After these battles Jackson retired to Fort Struther. When Jackson received additional reinforcements (some of them regular U.S. troops), he once again went on the offensive and met the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

References

*cite book|last=Borneman|first=Walter R. Borneman|authorid=Walter R. Borneman|title=1812: The War That Forged a Nation|location=New York|publisher=Harper Perennial|year=2004|isbn=ISBN 9780060531126

External links

* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks/horseshoe_bend_war_1813-14.jpgA map of Creek War Battle Sites] from the PCL Map Collection at the Universtity of Texas at Austin.