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In Bitterness and in Tears: Andrew Jackson's Destruction of the Creeks and Seminoles

Autor Sean O'Brien
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iun 2003 – vârsta până la 17 ani
The seldom-recalled Creek War of 1813-1814 and its extension, the First Seminole War of 1818, had significant consequences for the growth of the United States. Beginning as a civil war between Muscogee factions, the struggle escalated into a war between the Moscogees and the United States after insurgent Red Sticks massacred over 250 whites and mixed-bloods at Fort Mims on the Alabama River on August 30, 1813-the worst frontier massacre in U.S. history. After seven months of bloody fighting, U.S. forces inflicted a devastating defeat on the Red Sticks at Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River on March 27, 1814-the most disastrous defeat ever suffered by Native Americans.The defeat of the Muscogees (Creeks), the only serious impediments to U.S. westward expansion, opened millions of acres of land to the white settlers and firmly established the Cotton Kingdom and slavery in the Deep South. For southeastern Native Americans, the war resulted in the destruction of their civilization and forced removal west of the Mississippi: The Trail of Tears. O'Brien presents both the American and Native American perspectives of this important chapter of U.S. history. He also examines the roles of the neighboring tribes and African Americans who lived in the Muscogee nation.
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ISBN-13: 9780275979461
ISBN-10: 0275979466
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

SEAN MICHAEL O'BRIEN is an independent writer. He is the author of Mountain Partisans: Guerrilla Warfare in the Southern Appalachians, 1861-1865 and Mobile, 1865: Last Stand of the Confederacy.

Cuprins

Prologue: "A Most Bloody Butchery"Two NationsThe CatalystThe OpportunistsCollision CourseThe AlliesOld Hickory"Shot Them Like Dogs"The Mutineers"They Are Killing Everything""Untrodden Wilderness"Red Stick Resurgence"He Makes Them Do Their Duty""The River of Blood""My Warriors Can No Longer Hear My Voice"Red Coats and Red Allies"Hot Bed of the Indian War"A Troubled PeaceThe Return of Sharp Knife"Every Principal Villain . . . Dead or Taken"One NationEpilogue: "An Indiscriminate Slaughter"Works Cited