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The Battle of Taliwa was fought in Ball Ground, Georgia
Ball Ground, Georgia

Ball Ground is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 730 at the United States Census, 2000.Ball Ground is at the northernmost end of Georgia Interstate 575, north of Canton, Georgia at exit 20 on I-575, and ending seven miles north at exit 27....
 in 1755. It was mainly fought over land between the Cherokee
Cherokee

The Cherokee are a Native Americans in the United States people orginally from the Southeastern United States . They are linguistically connected to speakers of the Iroquoian language....
 and Creek, with the Cherokee winning. Nan'yehi (later Nancy Ward
Nancy Ward

Nanye-hi , known in English language as Nancy Ward was a ghigau, or "beloved woman" of the Cherokee nation, which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the other Beloved Women, on pardons....
), at 18 years old, took up her slain husband's gun
GUN

Gun is a Revisionist Western-themed video game developed by Neversoft. It was published by Activision for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2....
, and singing a war song
War Song

"War Song" is a 1972 Single credited to Neil Young & Graham Nash. It was released in support of presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign, who was running against then-president Richard Nixon....
, led the Cherokees to victory in this battle
Battle

Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, wherein each group will seek to defeat the others within the scope of a military campaign, and are well defined in duration, area and force commitment....
 over land. This won her the title of "Warrior Woman", and lasting respect as a Cherokee tribal leader.

Georgia State Historical Landmark is located on Georgia State Highway 372 by Ball Ground's downtown railroad crossing.






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The Battle of Taliwa was fought in Ball Ground, Georgia
Ball Ground, Georgia

Ball Ground is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 730 at the United States Census, 2000.Ball Ground is at the northernmost end of Georgia Interstate 575, north of Canton, Georgia at exit 20 on I-575, and ending seven miles north at exit 27....
 in 1755. It was mainly fought over land between the Cherokee
Cherokee

The Cherokee are a Native Americans in the United States people orginally from the Southeastern United States . They are linguistically connected to speakers of the Iroquoian language....
 and Creek, with the Cherokee winning. Nan'yehi (later Nancy Ward
Nancy Ward

Nanye-hi , known in English language as Nancy Ward was a ghigau, or "beloved woman" of the Cherokee nation, which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the other Beloved Women, on pardons....
), at 18 years old, took up her slain husband's gun
GUN

Gun is a Revisionist Western-themed video game developed by Neversoft. It was published by Activision for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2....
, and singing a war song
War Song

"War Song" is a 1972 Single credited to Neil Young & Graham Nash. It was released in support of presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign, who was running against then-president Richard Nixon....
, led the Cherokees to victory in this battle
Battle

Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, wherein each group will seek to defeat the others within the scope of a military campaign, and are well defined in duration, area and force commitment....
 over land. This won her the title of "Warrior Woman", and lasting respect as a Cherokee tribal leader.

Historical landmark

The Georgia State Historical Landmark is located on Georgia State Highway 372 by Ball Ground's downtown railroad crossing. It states:
BATTLE OF TALIWA

Two and one-half miles to the east, near the confluence of Long-Swamp Creek and the Etowah River, is the traditional site of Taliwa, scene of the fiercest and most decisive battle in the long war of the 1740's and 50's between the Cherokee and Creek Indians.

There, about 1755, the great Cherokee war-chief, Oconostota, led 500 of his warriors to victory over a larger band of Creeks. So complete was the defeat that the Creeks retreated south of the Chattahoochee River, leaving to their opponents the region later to become the heart of the ill-fated Cherokee Nation.

028-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953