congressman, was ordered to establish several forts and to destroy all the Creek villages and their crops in his line of march. General John Floyd Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.įloyd, who later became a U.S. General John Floyd was given command of troops operating from Georgia.
Georgia figured prominently in the campaign to eliminate the threat posed by the warring Creek tribes. On August 30, 1813, a strong force of Creeks attacked and destroyed Fort Mims, an American post on the Alabama River, north of Mobile. The Creek War of 1813-1814Įarly in the war British officials began arming many allied Native American tribes along the frontier. These are the Creek War of 1813-14, the British blockade, and the British occupation of St. Three main theaters of operation deserve recognition. It was inevitable that Georgia, with its long coastline and extensive Indian frontier, would become embroiled in the conflict, and yet Georgia’s role in the war has been largely overshadowed.
The causes of the war were many: the impressing of American sailors into the British navy, British trade restrictions to Europe during the Napoleonic Wars, British military posts remaining on American soil long after the end of the Revolutionary War (1775-83), and what was perceived by Americans as a British plot to perpetuate continual Native American menace on America’s frontiers. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Britain between 18.
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