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Battle of Talladega
Part of the Creek War

A historic marker in Talladega, Alabama commemorating General Andrew Jackson's victory over the Red Sticks at the Battle of Talladega
DateNovember 9, 1813
Location
Mississippi Territory
Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
Red Stick Creeks Battle of Talladega United States
Commanders and leaders
William Weatherford Andrew Jackson
John Coffee
Strength
~700 warriors ~1,200 infantry
~800 cavalry
Casualties and losses
~300 killed,
~110 wounded[1]
15 killed
~85 wounded[1]
Battle of Talladega[2]

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

  1. ^ a b Borneman p.149
  2. ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 765.

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