Battle of Tallushatchee

Map of Alabama during the War of 1812

Date	November 3, 1813
Location	Mississippi Territory, 3.2 miles (5.2 km) north of Alexandria, Alabama
Result	U.S. victory

Belligerents

Red Stick Creek

United States

Commanders and leaders

unknown

John Coffee

Strength

unknown

~900 cavalry

Casualties and losses

186 killed,
unknown wounded

5 killed,
41 wounded

Coordinates: 33°48′44.4″N 85°54′24.94″W / 33.812333°N 85.9069278°W / 33.812333; -85.9069278

The Battle of Tallushatchee was a battle fought during the War of 1812 and Creek War on November 3, 1813, in Alabama between Red Stick Creeks Native Americans and United States dragoons. A cavalry force commanded by Brigadier General John Coffee was able to defeat the Creek warriors.

After the massacre at Fort Mims, General Andrew Jackson assembled an army of 2,500 Tennessee militia. Jackson began marching into Mississippi Territory to combat the Red Stick Creeks. Jackson's troops began to construct Fort Strother along the Coosa River. 15 miles (24 km) away from the fort lay the Creek village of Tallushatchee where a sizeable force of Red Stick warriors were. Jackson ordered his friend and most trusted subordinate, General John Coffee, to attack the village.

Coffee took about 900 dragoons and arrived at the village on November 3, where he divided his brigade into two columns, which encircled the town. Two companies ventured into the center of the circle to draw out the warriors. The trap worked, the warriors attacked and were forced to retreat back into the buildings of the village. Coffee closed the circle in on the trapped warriors. Davy Crockett, serving in the Tennessee Militia, commented, "We shot 'em down like dogs." In his memoirs he also described participating in burning down a house where 46 Creek warriors and their families had taken refuge.

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