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Fort Mims Massacre Recounted in Historic Analysis
A historical account revisits the Fort Mims slaughter of August 30 1818 where over 600 settlers faced a Creek assault led by Weatherford. It examines casualty estimates, the definition of massacre, and the broader context of atrocities in Indian wars and frontier fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Mims
Ala
Red Eagle
William Weatherford
W. J. Fetterman
Fetterman
Custer
Francis L. Dade
Fourth Infantry
Fort Brook
Florida
Fort King
Osceola
Withlacoochee River
Cherry Valley
Wyoming Valley
Fort Alden
Ichabod Alden
Forty Fort
William Henry
Montcalm
Fort Dearborn
Pottawatomies
Nathan Heald
Lake’ Michigan
River Raisin
Frenchtown
Proctor
Dyer
Mims
Rawdon
Captain Jack
Major Beasley
Captain Middleton
Beasley
Charles Weatherford
Alexander McGillivray
United States Army
Lachlan McGillivray
Sehoy Marchand
Marchand
Red Warrior
Tecumseh
Lake Tensaw
Alabama
Samuel Mims
Weatherford
Osborne
Dixon Batley
F. L. Claiborne
United States
Daniel Beasley
Claiborne
Bailey
St. Clair
Andrew Jackson
Tohopeka
Great Horseshoe Bend
Alabama River
Jackson
Fort Toulouse
Fort Jackson
Bill Weatherford
Chalos