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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
3 Hillabee TownNov. 18, 1813 AuttoseNov. 29, 1813 Fort NiagaraDec. 19, 1813 EconochacaDec. 23, 1813 Black RockDec. 30, 1813 Emucfau (Ala.)Jan. 22, 1814 Enotochopco (Ala.)Jan. 24, 1814 Camp DefianceJan. 27, 1814 LongwoodsMar. 4, 1814 Horseshoe BendMar. 27, 1814 La Colle MillsMar. 30, 1814 Fort OswegoMay 4 and 5, Sandy CreekMay 30, 1814 Odell TownJune 28, 1814 Fort ErieJuly 3, 1814 ChippewaJuly 5, 1814 ChamplainJuly 18 and 19, Lundy's Lane (Niagara Falls）July 25, 1814 Fort Mac3 Hillabee TownNov. 18, 1813 AuttoseNov. 29, 1813 Fort NiagaraDec. 19, 1813 EconochacaDec. 23, 1813 Black RockDec. 30, 1813 Emucfau (Ala.)Jan. 22, 1814 Enotochopco (Ala.)Jan. 24, 1814 Camp DefianceJan. 27, 1814 LongwoodsMar. 4, 1814 Horseshoe BendMar. 27, 1814 La Colle MillsMar. 30, 1814 Fort OswegoMay 4 and 5, Sandy CreekMay 30, 1814 Odell TownJune 28, 1814 Fort ErieJuly 3, 1814 ChippewaJuly 5, 1814 ChamplainJuly 18 and 19, Lundy's Lane (Niagara Falls）July 25, 1814 Fort Mac
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tohopeka, or Horseshoe Bend, battle at (search)
m, and the Choctaw Indians openly espoused the cause of the United States. At the close of February, Map of the battle at Tohopeka. Jackson found himself at the head of 5,000 men. Supplies were gathered, and at the middle of March the troops were ready to move. Meanwhile the Creeks, from experience, had such premonitions of disaster that they concentrated their forces at the bend of the Tallapoosa River, in the northeast part of Tallapoosa county, Ala., at a place called Tohopeka, or Horseshoe Bend, a peninsula containing about 100 acres of land. White men from Pensacola and half-bloods hostile to the United States aided them in building a strong breastwork of logs across the neck of the peninsula. They pierced it with two rows of port-holes, arranged in such a manner as to expose the assailants to a cross-fire from within. Back of this was a mass of logs and brush; and at the foot of the peninsula, near the river, was a village of log-huts, where hundreds of canoes were moored