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Photographer: TRCP Alliance
Taken: June 16, 2011
Caption: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Marker Tour Stop #1 The Island
Additional Description: The Island
On March 27, Coffee ordered 40 men of Lt. Jesse Bean’s Tennessee Militia company to occupy this 15-acre island. Their mission was to prevent Red Stick warriors seeking refuge there. Many Creeks did attempt to escape to the island but were “sunk by Lt. Bean’s command ere they reached the bank.”

From Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Map and Guide Brochure
Submitted: August 22, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p168876
File Size: 0.562 Megabytes

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