Futile Escape -- Horseshoe Bend NMP, Daviston AL
N 32° 58.329 W 085° 44.201
16S E 618054 N 3648908
A sign of history at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, near Daviston AL
Waymark Code: WMWGYD
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2017
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This sign of history is located along the Battlefield Driving Tour at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, near Daviston AL.
The sign reads as follows:
"FUTILE ESCAPE
“I ordered Lieutenant Jesse Bean to take possession of the island below, with 40 men to prevent the enemy’s taking refuge there . . . As many of the enemy did attempt their escape. . . But not one were landed -- they were sunk by Lieutenant Bean’s command ere they reached the bank.”
Gen. John Coffee, Tennessee Militia
Major General Andrew Jackson sent General John Coffee and 1300 men to surround Horseshoe Bend here on the banks of the Tallapoosa River. Jackson hoped Coffee’s 700 Tennessee mounted rifleman and 600 Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors could close off all avenues of escape for the Red Sticks.
Coffee ordered Lieutenant Jesse bean and 40 mounted riflemen to wait on what is now called Bean’s Island, in front of you. As Jackson’s army attacked the Red Sticks, Bean’s men aimed their rifles across the river, shooting any Red Stick attempting to swim to safety through the cold waters of the Tallapoosa.
“The Tallapoosa might truly be called a river of blood, for the water was so stained that at10 o’clock at night it was very perceptibly bloody, so much so that it could not be used.”
Lieutenant Alexander McCullough, Tennessee militia"
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Horsehoe Bend NMP
Daviston, AL
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