From North American Forts-- Alabama.
Georgia's Gen. John Floyd built this fort along the present day Georgia-Alabama state line.
FORT MITCHELL
1813, 1837 or 1840, 1865
The Georgia state militia, under gen. John Floyd, built the original fort during the First Creek War. The Creek Indian Agency located here in 1817. Federal troops rebuilt the fort in 1825 as a stockade with two blockhouses.
The Creek Nation was gathered here in 1836 for their forced removal to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
--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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