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Historical map of Creek War battle sites circa 1813 to 1814. Starburst icons and red text mark nine battle sites, which are clustered together near the center of the map in and around present-day Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama.

Extended Description

The southern edge of Tennessee runs along the top edge of this map. Mississippi Territory to the left and Georgia to the right fill most of the map. These three states are shown in beige and slivers of West Florida and East Florida, also labeled Spanish Possession, are darker, sand-brown below. The Gulf of Mexico lines the bottom edge of the map.

The city of Fayetteville is just north of the state line in Tennessee and Huntsville is just south of it in Mississippi Territory. Working south are Fort Deposit on the Tennessee River; forts Strother and Williams on the Coosa River; and Hickory Ground (Creek village), Fort Jackson, and Tookabatcha (Creek village) are on the Tallapoosa River in Mississippi Territory near the Georgia border. Fort Stoddert is just north of the boundary between Mississippi Territory and West Florida and Mobile and Pensacola are marked along the Gulf of Mexico below.

Seven battle sites are near a horseshoe-shaped bend in the Tallapoosa River just to the west of the Georgia border. From north to south these are Tallushatchee, Talladega, Enitachopco Creek, Emuckfau Creek, Tohopeka/Horseshoe Bend (in all caps), Autosee, and Calabee Creek.

Two more battle sites to the southwest near the West Florida border are identified as Burnt Corn Creek and Fort Mims.

Legend

A scale in the bottom left corner of the map measures distances of 100 kilometers and 100 miles.