They Fought to the Last -- 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: WMWGYA
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:
"THEY FOUGHT TO THE LAST
“The enemy although many of them fought the last with that kind of bravery which desperation inspires, were at length entirely routed and cut to pieces. The whole margin of the river which surrounded the peninsular was strewn with the slain . . . The battle may be said to have continued with severity for about 5 hours; but the fighting in the slaughter continued until it was suspended by the darkness of night.”
Major General Andrew Jackson, Tennessee militia
By dark, more than 800 Red Stick warriors were dead at least 350 women and children were prisoners. Jackson’s army suffered 154 men wounded and 49 killed. The battle for Horseshoe Bend effectively ended the Creek Indian War. Five months later, the Treaty of Fort Jackson, the Creeks ceded to United States nearly 23,000,000 acres of land in what is now Alabama and Georgia.
“No other evening will come, bringing to [my] eyes the rays of the setting sun upon the home [I have] left forever!”
Manawa, Red Stick warrior, as he left his home on the Tallapoosa River
Although wounded 7 times, Manawa escaped the slaughter at Horseshoe Bend. He regained his health and continued to play a prominent role in Creek society. Like most of the Creek people, Manawa was forced to leave his homeland under the terms of the Indian Removal Act in the 1830s."
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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