Several questions about a unit that are said to be related. 1. Where can I find some history on Captain Andrew Hamilton's Militia, SC (old Pendleton)? 2. Did this unit serve at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Creeks? 3. Was this unit a Cherokee unit? Appreciate your help.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/sc_military_1812.html This has online rosters etc on SC 1812 history. It's a very good site. However searching here and at google I couldn't find anything on Hamilton's Militia. Also below some sites on the battle. margy ******************************************* http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1128.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/records/batl1812.htm March, 1814, General Andrew Jackson mobilized the Tennessee Militia, made up of Volunteers from th East and West Tennessee Militia and the Thirty-Ninth U.S. Infantry for a full-scale campaign against the Red Sticks. General Jackson's army totaled about 3,000 men. Jackson's army left Fort Williams on the Coosa River (Mississippi Territory) and marched 52 miles through the forest in three days. They made camp six miles north of Horseshoe Bend. The Red Stick's had built a barricade on the river, which eventually trapped them once Jackson's soldiers surrounded them. Over 800 Red Sticks died as a result of the battle. General Jackson's dead and wounded were taken back to Fort Williams. The following is a listing of the soldiers who were buried at Fort Williams. *************************** http://www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=189 Battle of Horseshoe Bend, it is the place where, on March 27, 1814, about 3,000 Tennessee frontier troops and U.S. regulars under the command of Andrew Jackson defeated about 1,000 Upper Creek Indians led by Chief Menawa. This ended the Creek Indian War and broke the tribe's power in the southeastern United States. Creek lands comprising three-fifths of the present State of Alabama and one-fifth of Georgia were added to the United States and opened for white settlement. For Andrew Jackson, the victory at Horseshoe Bend was the first step on the road to national fame and the White House. Nine months later, on January 8, 1815, he defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans ending the War of 1812. *************************************** > Several questions about a unit that are said to be related. > > 1. Where can I find some history on Captain Andrew Hamilton's Militia, SC > (old Pendleton)? > > 2. Did this unit serve at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Creeks? > > 3. Was this unit a Cherokee unit? > > Appreciate your help.

Dennis, Margy's answer covered a lot of good ground. Captain Andrew Hamilton served under Lt. Colonel Reuben Nash and Nash's Regiment did serve in the Creek War. In a number of write ups on Jackson's troops that fought in the "Tohopeka" or Horseshoe Bend battle, numerous references are made to Jackson's Cherokee troops, but I have found no comment as to where they were from. The Cherokee's were from North & South Carolina, Tennessee, (where Jackson's troops were from), North Georgia, and Northern Alabama. The comments also made about this battle is that the majority of troops were from Tennessee and Georgia, which neither proves or disproves Andrew Hamilton's involvement. Looks like you may have some library work ahead of you, unless someone out there has an answer or has already done some heavy CMSR and Pension work. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Dover" <ddover1793@earthlink.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: Unit History > Several questions about a unit that are said to be related. > > 1. Where can I find some history on Captain Andrew Hamilton's Militia, SC > (old Pendleton)? > > 2. Did this unit serve at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Creeks? > > 3. Was this unit a Cherokee unit? > > Appreciate your help. > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > NEW WAR OF 1812 LIST MEMBERS > are encouraged to post your > queries to our list anytime. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >