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The Creek War was fought between the Red Stick faction of the Creek Nation and an army of American militia on Mar 27, 1814 in Alabama. William Weatherford led the Red Sticks by preparing a fortified village called Tohopeka, a horseshoe bend, in the Tallapoosa River. Opposing the Red Sticks was a mostly volunteer army commanded by Maj. Gen Andrew Jackson. Jackson ordered Brig. Gen John Coffee across the river to provide a diversionary threat to the rear of the creek position. Jackson began his assault which drove the majority of the Red Stick defenders away from the fortified wall essentially ending the battle. The defeat ended the war and broke the power of the Creek Nation, which had been a dominant force in the South since before the American Revolution.

taken from -L. Edward Purcell, The Encyclopedia of Battles in North America 1517 to 1916 (New York, NY: Fact on File, Inc., 2000): 146-147.