|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910458568003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Waselkov Gregory A |
|
|
Titolo |
A conquering spirit [[electronic resource] ] : Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 / / Gregory A. Waselkov |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (426 pages) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Creek War, 1813-1814 |
Massacres - Alabama - Fort Mims - History |
Electronic books. |
Fort Mims (Ala.) History |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
The Tensaw -- Many paths to the Tensaw -- Americanization of Mississippi Territory -- Red path to war -- Creek civil war to Redstick war -- The battle of Fort Mims -- A country given up -- Trying times, 1813-1814 -- Remembering Fort Mims -- Reverberations of Fort Mims. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The Fort Mims massacre changed the course of American history in many ways, not the least of which was the ensuing rise of one Andrew Jackson to the national stage. The unprecedented Indian victory over the encroaching Americans who were bent on taking their lands and destroying their culture horrified many and injured the young nation's pride. Tragedies such as this one have always rallied Americans to a common cause: a single-minded determination to destroy the enemy and avenge the fallen. The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims, involving hundreds of dead men, women, and children, w |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|