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	The '''Battle of Talladega''' was fought between the [[Tennessee]] [[Militia (United States)\|Militia]] and the [[Red Stick]] [[Muscogee\|Creek ~~Indians~~]] during the [[Creek War]], in the vicinity of the present-day county and city of [[Talladega, Alabama\|Talladega]], [[Alabama]], in the [[United States]].		The '''Battle of Talladega''' was fought between the [[Tennessee]] [[Militia (United States)\|Militia]] and the [[Red Stick]] [[Muscogee\|Creek Native Americans]] during the [[Creek War]], in the vicinity of the present-day county and city of [[Talladega, Alabama\|Talladega]], [[Alabama]], in the [[United States]].

	==Background==		==Background==
	When General [[John Coffee]] returned to [[Fort Strother]] after defeating the Red Sticks at the [[Battle of Tallushatchee]], General [[Andrew Jackson]] received a call for help from allied Creeks who were being besieged by Red Stick rebels at Talladega. Jackson and his force of about 2,000 men (about 1,200 infantry and 800 cavalry) were camped at Ten Islands on the [[Coosa River]], near the present day Neely Henry Dam. The Creeks under command of Weatherford numbered about 700 warriors. A few white men and about 150 allied Indians were inside a small [[stockade]] named [[Fort Leslie]] (it is often called Fort Lashley mistakenly). Fort Leslie was built around the trading post of a Mr. Leslie.		When General [[John Coffee]] returned to [[Fort Strother]] after defeating the Red Sticks at the [[Battle of Tallushatchee]], General [[Andrew Jackson]] received a call for help from allied Creeks who were being besieged by Red Stick rebels at Talladega. Jackson and his force of about 2,000 men (about 1,200 infantry and 800 cavalry) were camped at Ten Islands on the [[Coosa River]], near the present day Neely Henry Dam. The Creeks under command of Weatherford numbered about 700 warriors. A few white men and about 150 allied Indians were inside a small [[stockade]] named [[Fort Leslie]] (it is often called Fort Lashley mistakenly). Fort Leslie was built around the trading post of a Mr. Leslie.

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{{short description|Battle fought during the Creek War}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Talladega
| image = Battle of Talladega Historic Marker.JPG
| image_size = 300
| caption = A historic marker in [[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]], [[Alabama]] commemorating [[Andrew Jackson|General Andrew Jackson's]] victory over the [[Red Sticks]] at the Battle of Talladega
| partof = the [[Creek War]]
| date = November 9, 1813
| place = [[Mississippi Territory]]
| result = U.S. victory
| combatant1 = [[Red Sticks|Red Stick]] [[Muscogee|Creeks]]
| combatant2 = {{flag|United States|1795}}
| commander1 = [[William Weatherford]]
| commander2 = [[Andrew Jackson]]<br />[[John Coffee]]
| strength1 = ~700 [[warrior]]s
| strength2 = ~1,200 [[infantry]]<br>~800 [[cavalry]]
| casualties1 = ~300 killed,<br/>~110 wounded<ref name="Borneman p.149">Borneman p.149</ref>
| casualties2 = 15 killed<br>~85 wounded<ref name="Borneman p.149"/>
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Creek War}}
}}
[[File:Battle of Talladega.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|Battle of Talladega<ref name=Lossing>{{Cite book |last=Lossing |first=Benson |title=The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 |publisher=Harper & Brothers, Publishers |year=1868 |page=765}}</ref>]]

The '''Battle of Talladega''' was fought between the [[Tennessee]] [[Militia (United States)|Militia]] and the [[Red Stick]] [[Muscogee|Creek Indians]] during the [[Creek War]], in the vicinity of the present-day county and city of [[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]], [[Alabama]], in the [[United States]].

==Background==
When General [[John Coffee]] returned to [[Fort Strother]] after defeating the Red Sticks at the [[Battle of Tallushatchee]], General [[Andrew Jackson]] received a call for help from allied Creeks who were being besieged by Red Stick rebels at Talladega. Jackson and his force of about 2,000 men (about 1,200 infantry and 800 cavalry) were camped at Ten Islands on the [[Coosa River]], near the present day Neely Henry Dam. The Creeks under command of Weatherford numbered about 700 warriors. A few white men and about 150 allied Indians were inside a small [[stockade]] named [[Fort Leslie]] (it is often called Fort Lashley mistakenly). Fort Leslie was built around the trading post of a Mr. Leslie.

==Battle==
On November 9, 1813, Jackson's army arrived outside the village. The Red Sticks inflicted 17 casualties on Jackson's forces.<ref> The number of casualties for both sides are most accurately stated in Gen. Jackson's letter to governor of Tennessee, Willie Blount, written a few days after the battle.</ref> Jackson inflicted 299 casualties on the Red Sticks and drove them from the field.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100614103930/http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States%2FAlabama%2FCounties%2Ftalladega%2Ftalladega1813a.sid&wid=500&hei=400&props=item%28Name%2CDescription%29%2Ccat%28Name%2CDescription%29&style=simple%2Fview-dhtml.xsl Click here] to see a hand-drawn map of the battlefield from 1813.</ref>

==Aftermath==
Casualties for the Creeks numbered about 300 killed and about 110 wounded. Jackson's casualties numbered 15 killed and around 85 wounded. After the battle, there was a significant lull in the fighting between the Red Sticks and Jackson's army. By December, the U.S. force was down to almost 500 because of desertion and enlistments running out. In January, in order to support the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[Militia (United States)|militia]], Jackson marched toward the village of Emuckfaw with an inexperienced force. This move resulted in the [[battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek]]. After these battles Jackson retired to Fort Strother. When Jackson received additional reinforcements (some of the regular U.S. troops), he once again went on the offensive and met the Red Sticks at the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)|Battle of Horseshoe Bend]].

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book| last=Borneman| first=Walter R.| authorlink=Walter R. Borneman| title=1812: The War That Forged a Nation| location=New York| publisher=Harper Perennial| year=2004| isbn=978-0-06-053112-6| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/1812warthatforge0000born}}

==External links==
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks/horseshoe_bend_war_1813-14.jpg A map of Creek War Battle Sites] from the PCL Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=CksTAAAAYAAJ&q=weatherford&pg=PA86 Holy Ground & William Weatherford]

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