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Mississippi Territory

historical territory, United States

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Battle of Horseshoe Bend

In Battle of Horseshoe Bend
In the southeastern Mississippi Territory (central Alabama today), Creeks known as Red Sticks, fighting for their sovereignty, raided white settlements, which sparked an intratribal war and threatened an alliance with the pro-British Spanish in Florida.
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history of Mississippi

In Mississippi: Statehood and Civil War
The original Mississippi Territory created by the U.S. Congress in 1798 was a strip of land extending about 100 miles (160 km) north to south and from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee on the Georgia border. The territory was increased in 1804 and 1812 to reach…
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