Fort Mims massacre

The Fort Mims massacre took place on August 30, 1813, at a fortified homestead site 35-40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama, during the Creek War. A large force of Creek Indians belonging to the Red Sticks faction, under the command of headmen Peter McQueen and William Weatherford (also known as Lamochattee or Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison.

Fort Mims massacre
Part of Creek War
DateAugust 30, 1813
Location
35 to 40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama near Bay Minette, Alabama
Result

Decisive Red Stick victory

Red Sticks take Fort Mims and kill inhabitants
Belligerents
Red Stick Creek  United States
Commanders and leaders
William Weatherford
Peter McQueen		 Major Daniel Beasley
Dixon Bailey
Strength
750-1,000warriors

265 militia, including:

  • 70 Tensaw home militia
  • 175 Mississippi volunteers
  • 16 from Fort Stoddard
Casualties and losses
50 to 100 killed
unknown wounded		 265 militia killed or captured
252 civilians killed or captured
unknown wounded
Fort Mims severely damaged

Afterward, the Red Sticks conducted a massacre, killing almost all the remaining mixed Creek, white settlers, and militia at Fort Mims. They took nearly 100 enslaved African Americans as captives. The small fort consisted of a blockhouse and stockade surrounding the house and outbuildings of settler Samuel Mims.

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