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Battle of Burnt Corn
| Battle of Burnt Corn | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Creek War | |||||||
 Sketch of the Burnt Corn battlefield | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Red Stick Creek |
 United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Peter McQueen |
Colonel James Caller Captain Dixon Bailey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~80 | ~180 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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~10 or 12 killed eight or nine wounded |
2 killed 15 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Burnt Corn, also known as the Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, was an encounter between United States armed forces and Red Stick Creeks that took place July 27, 1813 in present-day southern Alabama. This battle was the first engagement between the U.S. and Red Sticks in the Creek War.
- ^ Braund, Kathryn E. Holland (October 28, 2008). "Creek War of 1813–14". The Encyclopedia of Alabama. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
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