Horseshoe Bend NMP

   

                                                                        

“[They] fought to the last with that kind of bravery desperation inspires…”

On 27 March 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson ‘s army of 3,300 men attacked Chief Menawa’s 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors fortified in a horseshoe shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River.  Over 800 Red Sticks died that day.  The battle ended the Creek War, resulted in a land cession of 23,000,000 acres to the United States and created a national hero of Andrew Jackson.

12 March 2015
This is a park that is off the beaten path but will worth the trip. This park lays out the events and timeline that led to this battle and a better understanding of why it happened. A dark chapter in our history non the less. This conflict set into motion events that sent one person to the presidency and shaped Andrew Jackson's time in the White House. The other side is the start of a very dark chapter in our history with Native Americans being force off there lands.

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Our 112th NPS Unit