Fort Williams

Fort Williams was a supply depot built in early 1814 in preparation for the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. It was located in Alabama on the southeast shore of where Cedar Creek met the Coosa River, near Talladega Springs. [cite web
url= http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/military/1812reg.htm
title= Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812
publisher= Tennessee State Library and Archives
author= Tom Kanon
accessdate= 2008-01-04] [cite web
url= http://alabamatrailswar1812.com/
title= Alabama Trails War 1812 index page
accessdate= 2008-01-04] The original site was submerged under Lay Lake with the 1914 construction of the Lay Dam 14 miles downstream.

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