Fort Strother was a stockade fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama. It was located on a bluff of...
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set out on the expedition, his arm in a sling. Jackson established Fort Strother as a supply base. On November 3, his top cavalry officer, Brigadier...
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including women and children. John Coffee and his forces withdrew back to Fort Strother. John Coffee took part in the Battle of Talladega. A friendly pro-American...
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to Fort Strother. Prior to the Battle of Talladega, General Andrew Jackson ordered General White and his troops to proceed to and guard Fort Strother. White...
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Town of Strother, original name of Lee's Summit, Missouri, a city Fort Strother, a stockade fort built in 1813 in the Mississippi Territory Strother Army...
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Fort Strother to aid in the final parts of the fort's construction. After the construction of Fort Strother was completed, news reached Fort Strother...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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River from Fort Armstrong prior to arriving at Fort Strother. The site of Fort Williams was chosen as it was equidistant from Fort Strother to Holy Ground...
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open to the public Fort Novosel, closed to the public Fort Sinquefield Fort Stoddert Fort Strother Fort Tombecbe, open to the public Fort Toulouse, open to...
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Tennessee at the age of 12. Her father led about 600 people from Fort Patrick Henry to Fort Nashborough, down the Cumberland River. The Donelson family were...
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Novosel Fort Sinquefield Fort Stoddert Fort Strother Fort Williams Fort Abercrombie Fort Davis Fort Egbert Fort Gibbon Fort Greely Fort Liscum Fort McGilvray...
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retreat to Fort Strother. Because of the difficulty of the earlier crossing of the Emuckfaw Creek, Jackson took a longer route back to Fort Strother. Even...
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Alabama, in the United States. When General John Coffee returned to Fort Strother after defeating the Red Sticks at the Battle of Tallushatchee, General...
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Andrew Jackson (category Negro Fort)
Fayetteville, Tennessee, in October with 2,500 militia, establishing Fort Strother as his supply base. He sent his cavalry under General Coffee ahead of...
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War of 1812 (section Siege of Fort McHenry)
attackers, but they were outnumbered and forced to withdraw to his base at Fort Strother. In January, Floyd's force of 1,300 state militia and 400 Creek moved...
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The Treaty of Fort Jackson (also known as the Treaty with the Creeks, 1814) was signed on August 9, 1814 at Fort Jackson near Wetumpka, Alabama following...
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that Chinnabby escaped Fort Leslie covered in the skin of a wild hog and was able to warn Jackson at Fort Strother that Fort Leslie was under siege by...
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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 Tallasseehatchee...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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17, 1863) was a Tennessee planter, politician, and soldier. The historic Fort Donelson was named for him when he was serving as a Brigadier in the Tennessee...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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General James White. The volunteer corp, which was stationed at the new Fort Strother in the Mississippi Territory, fought in the frontier extension of the...
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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; pilot with the 72nd Bombardment Squadron, Luke Field, Hawaii; and adjutant of Randolph Field, Texas. In July 1942, Strother...
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veteran of the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and Fort Strother under the command of Andrew Jackson. The house was built near the creek...
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George Strother Gaines (1 May 1784 – 21 January 1873) was a federal Indian agent in the Mississippi Territory (today's Alabama and Mississippi). He began...
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Hermitage Creek War Fort Strother Battle of Talladega Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek Battle of Horseshoe Bend Treaty of Fort Jackson Battle of...
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