Fort Mims
Americannoun
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Despite being originally limited to Creek Country and its boarders, the violence quickly transformed into a frontier struggle between the young United States and the resistant Red Stick forces following the attack of Fort Mims.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
He planned and led the assault upon Fort Mims, and was everywhere foremost in all the fighting.
From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by George Cary Eggleston
Some of the men, remembering Fort Mims, would have done violence to the fallen chief, but Jackson protected him.
From Andrew Jackson by William Garrott Brown
The first attack of these Indians was on August 13, 1813, at Fort Mims, in Alabama, where there were nearly two hundred American troops, and where five hundred people were collected for safety.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders by John Lord
Just below the junction of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, on the east side of the stream, they will find the little town of Tensaw, and Fort Mims stood very near that place.
From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by George Cary Eggleston
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