Tennessee was greatly alarmed by events at Fort Mims. The next month, Governor Willie Blount issued a call for 3,500 volunteers. The enthusiastic and overwhelming response of Tennesseeans initiated a tradition that gave the state the nickname of the "Volunteer State."
Andrew Jackson, as major general of the Tennessee militia, along with his military colleague, John Coffee, led a force into the heart of the Creek Nation with the intent of totally destroying the Creeks as a fighting force.
Beginning in November 1813, a series of encounters with the Red Sticks culminated in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814. This battle left over 800 Creeks dead and ended the threat.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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