Creek/Seminole Wars
Scenarios for Selected Battles

Horseshoe Bend

by Rudy Scott Nelson


US Forces = 3000 men

Red Stick Creeks = 1000 men. Oakfusky, New Yaucau, Hillabee, Fish Pond, Eufaula tribes

Board Description:

For a massive skirmish consider the upper, lower and South/11-9-8 boardedges to be river. The North/1-3-4 edge is open highground. A one level ridge can be run through 1-3-4 sectors along the edge. A curving, sometimes right angled breastwork should run from edge to edge at the midpoint through sectors 3-0-6. A number of log cabins are placed in mainly sector 8 but can spill into 9.

Deployment:

Coffee's mounted troops + White Stick Creek + Cherokee detachments are deployed off board across the river sectors. While this force secured any avenues of escape into the river, small elements did swim or row across the river in captured canoes to attack the village. to reflec t this, any of these troops that enter the battle must roll on a delay chart to enter the board and must do so in sector 8. Jackson and the main force with the artillery are deployed on the ridge in sectors 1-3-4. Red Stick Creeks are deployed mainly along the breastwork with a small guard in the village..

Objective:

Kill or be Killed. Many R.S. Creeks had vowed to die rather than flee.

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