A conquering spirit : Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 / Gregory A. Waselkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waselkov, Gregory A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creek War, 1813-1814.

Massacres--Alabama--Fort Mims--History.

Massacres.

Fort Mims (Ala.)--History.

Fort Mims (Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Fort Mims massacre changed the course of American history in many ways, not the least of which was the ensuing rise of one Andrew Jackson to the national stage. The unprecedented Indian victory over the encroaching Americans who were bent on taking their lands and destroying their culture horrified many and injured the young nation's pride. Tragedies such as this one have always rallied Americans to a common cause: a single-minded determination to destroy the enemy and avenge the fallen. The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims, involving hundreds of dead men, women, and children, w

Contents:

The Tensaw

Many paths to the Tensaw

Americanization of Mississippi Territory

Red path to war

Creek civil war to Redstick war

The battle of Fort Mims

A country given up

Trying times, 1813-1814

Remembering Fort Mims

Reverberations of Fort Mims.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8477-4

OCLC:

650060160