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Jan. 28, 2024

4.28 - Burnt Corn and the Fort

4.28 - Burnt Corn and the Fort

Year(s) Discussed: 1813

Tensions had been building between the Native inhabitants and the incoming American settlers in the Gulf South, and the year 1813 saw open hostilities which resulted in a joint operation planned by the US federal government and state and territorial governments in the area. However, the generals assigned to military operations against the Mvskoke would find that that victory wasn't as easy of a prospect as they had anticipated. Sources used for this episode can be found at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.

Special thanks to Jackson van Uden of the History with Jackson podcast for providing the opening quote for this episode and to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work for this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

  • Landry, Jerry. The Presidencies of the United States. 2017-2023. https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.
  • Owsley, Frank Lawrence, Jr. Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands: The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812-1815. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2000 [1981].
  • Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821.New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
  • Weir, Howard T., III. A Paradise of Blood: The Creek War of 1813-14. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2016.

Featured Image: "Painting of the Canoe Fight" by John Kelly Fitzpatrick [c. 1938], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: "Hull's Victory," as performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand, courtesy of the Colonial Music Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon