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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 National Military Park
National Military Park

National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 24 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government of the United States because of their national importance....
 managed by the National Park Service
National Park Service

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 that is the site of the last battle of the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
 on March 27, 1814. General Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
's Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 militia, aided by the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment and 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 Upper Creek allies, finally crushed Lower Creek Red Stick resistance at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Native Americans in the United States allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek people Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War....
 on the Tallapoosa River
Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia , in the United States, southward and westward into Alabama....
. Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend broke the power of the Creek Nation.

This was the site of the last battle of the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
 on March 27, 1814.






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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 National Military Park
National Military Park

National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 24 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government of the United States because of their national importance....
 managed by the National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 that is the site of the last battle of the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
 on March 27, 1814. General Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
's Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 militia, aided by the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment and 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 Upper Creek allies, finally crushed Lower Creek Red Stick resistance at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Native Americans in the United States allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek people Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War....
 on the Tallapoosa River
Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia , in the United States, southward and westward into Alabama....
. Jackson's decisive victory at Horseshoe Bend broke the power of the Creek Nation.

This was the site of the last battle of the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
 on March 27, 1814. General Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
's Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 militia, aided by the 39th U. S. Infantry Regiment and 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 allies, crushed the Creek Nation's Red Stick resistance at this site on the Tallapoosa River
Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia , in the United States, southward and westward into Alabama....
. Over 800 Upper Creeks died defending their homeland. This was the largest loss of life for Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 in a single battle in the history of United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

On August 9, 1814, the Creeks signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson
Treaty of Fort Jackson

The Treaty of Fort Jackson was signed on August 9, 1814 at Fort Jackson near Wetumpka, Alabama following the defeat of the Red Stick resistance by United States forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the banks of the Tallapoosa River near the present city of Alexander City, Alabama....
, which ceded 23 million acres (93,000 kmē) of land in Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 and Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 to the United States government.

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