200 Years Ago, Davy Crockett And Andrew Jackson Won A Battle At Tallushatchee

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http://www.businessinsider.com/battle-at-tallushatchee-2013-10



Two hundred years ago, in the middle of America's 32-month military conflict against Great Britain and its Indian allies, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 2,500 Tennessee militia launched a campaign against the Red Stick Creeks.
The Indian group had killed hundreds of Americans at what was called the Fort Mims massacre of Aug. 30, 1813.

The U.S. response would be similarly brutal.

The first battle of the Creek War was on Nov. 3, when General John Coffee, under orders from Jackson, attacked the Creek village of Tallushatchee and killed 186, with only 5 U.S. deaths.

Future American folk hero Davy Crockett was part of this battle, commenting, "We shot 'em down like dogs."



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[rgbecker]

1. If it doesn't bother you that Davy massacred Indians....

Maybe you should consider his shooting of dogs.

Just another American Hero doing his thing.

[Go Vols]

2. I live in a county named for General John Coffee

Its odd people here will jump all over the Confederacy and its flags.But say little to nothing over the longest war in US history that was perpetrated from Washington DC under the Union flag, and from beginning to end pretty much touched every part of what is now the US.

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3. my sixth ggrandfather fought in that campaign nt

[Fawke Em]

4. The picture is of Fess Parker, though.

He played Davy Crockett.

This is the real Davy Crockett:

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5. I think the coonskin hat image of DC comes from, if not Hollywood,

earlier, even contemporay, stage portrayals of him.