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Photographer: TRCP Alliance
Taken: June 22, 2013
Caption: Samuel Mim's House Site
Additional Description: At this location stood the residence of Samuel Mims According to a description presented to Congress, it was a frame construction with tow porches. Many of the fort's occupants took refuge her during the attack only to be trapped as the structure burned. The first burial party arriving after the battle found it impossible to count the number of dead in the house's ruins. Some of the victim's remains were found during the site excavation. The Fort Mims massacre is considered to be one of the most brutal and savage massacres that has ever occurred on American soil.
Submitted: June 30, 2013, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p246116
File Size: 0.544 Megabytes

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