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 Lincoyer and The Battle of Tallasehatchee - Alexandria, Alabama Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 47.007 W 085° 55.576
16S E 599410 N 3738663
Site where Lincoyer was found and saved by Gen. Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Talluschatches. Located on McCullars Lane west of County Road 73, Alexandria, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMF3X4
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2012
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Lincoyer and The Battle of Tallasehatchee
This memorial marks the site where Lincoyer was found and saved by Gen. Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Talluschatches, during the Creek Indian War.
Through the special efforts of and by Commissioner Eli Henderson and the Calhoun County Commission, to preserve, save and commemorate the History of Calhoun County, this monument was erected.
Calhoun County Commission
James Eli Henderson - Chairman
James A. "Pappy" Dunn
Robert W. Downing
Randy Wood
Lea Fite
Erected 2000 by Calhoun County Commission
Lincoyer
At this site, on Nov. 3, 1813, after the Battle of Tallasehatchee,
known then as Talluschatches, during the Creek
Indian War, Gen. Andrew Jackson found a dead Creek Indian woman
embracing her living infant son. Gen. Jackson, upon hearing
that the other Creek Indian women were planning to kill the
infant, as was their custom when all relations were dead,
became himself the protector and guardian of the child.
Because of his compassion, Gen. Jackson took the infant to Fort
Struther, in present day Ohatchee, where he nursed him back to
health. Gen. Jackson then took the baby to his family home, the
Hermitage, in Nashville, Tenn., where he and his wife Rachel named
the child Lincoyer and adopted, raised, loved and
educated him as their son.
Lincoyer fell ill and died of Tuberculosis at home with his family,
when he was 16 years old. The General and his wife mourned the
loss of their son for the rest of their lives.
Dedicated August 2000
More Information:
Wikipedia - Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)
Wikipedia - War of 1812
Wikipedia - Andrew Jackson
Marker Name: Lincoyer and The Battle of Tallasehatchee
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
The Battle of Tohopeka, also known as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was fought on March 27, 1814, when a force of United States troops and Indian allies under Colonel Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion.
Date Dedicated / Placed: August 2000
Marker Number: None
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