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For Best History of the Creek War 1813-14 See H. S. Halbert and T. H. Ball
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Prepared by Tom Kanon, Tennessee State Library and Archives
COLONEL JOHN ALCORN
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen
DATES: September 1813 - December 1813
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston's
company from Madison County, Alabama)
CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert
Jetton, William Locke, Alexander McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John
Winston
BRIEF HISTORY:
Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813,
when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel
and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen
to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment,
along with Colonel Robert Dyer's First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen,
formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment
went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer
cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen.
Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the
expedition to Natchez (December 1812 - April 1813) and, consequently,
felt their one-year's enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson
insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to
the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the
troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of the troops did leave
by the end of that year, despite Jackson's strenuous efforts
to keep them.
The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and
Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show
that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the
most being in Captain John Byrne's company. The regiment's line
of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was
mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother,
to the battles, and back the reverse way.
COLONEL EWEN ALLISON
DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment of East Tennessee Militia
DATES: January 1814 - May 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Greene, Sullivan, Washington, Carter, and Hawkins Counties
CAPTAINS: Joseph Everett, John Hampton, Jacob Hoyal, William King, Jonas Loughmiller,
Henry McCray, Thomas Wilson, Adam Winsell
BRIEF HISTORY:
This regiment was also designated as the First Regiment of East Tennessee Drafted
Militia. The unit was part of General George Doherty's brigade, along with
Colonel Samuel Bunch's Second Regiment. Doherty's brigade participated in the
Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814) where they were part of the right
line of attack on the Creek fortifications. There were casualties in many of
the companies, especially in those of Captains Everett, King, Loughmiller,
and Winsell. The Nashville Clarion of 10 May 1814 has a complete listing of
the dead and wounded from this climactic battle of the Creek War.
The principal rendezvous point for this regiment was Knoxville.
From there they traveled to Ross' Landing (present-day Chattanooga),
to Fort Armstrong, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, Fort Williams,
to Horseshoe Bend, and back by the reverse route. Captain Hampton's
company was ordered to man Fort Armstrong in mid-March 1814.
Arms were scarce in this unit and rifles often had to be impressed
from the civilian population along the line of march.
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