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The Fort Mims massacre was a battle that occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging to the "Red Sticks" faction under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, or Lamochattee (Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison. After the defeat of the garrison there ensued a massacre and almost all of the remaining Lower Creek, white settlers, and militia at Fort Mims were killed.

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  • The Fort Mims massacre was a battle that occurred on 30 August 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging to the "Red Sticks" faction under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, or Lamochattee (Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison. After the defeat of the garrison there ensued a massacre and almost all of the remaining Lower Creek, white settlers, and militia at Fort Mims were killed.
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  • Fort Mims massacre
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  • unknown wounded
  • 50 to 100 killed
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  • Red Stick Creek
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  • DecisiveRed Stickvictory
  • Red Stickstake Fort Mims and massacre inhabitants
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  • *16 from Fort Stoddard
  • *175 Mississippi volunteers
  • *70 Tensaw homemilitia
  • 265 militia, including:
  • 750-1,000warriors
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