Fort Mims massacre

Fort Mims massacre
	Part of Creek War
Date	August 30, 1813
Location	35 to 40 miles north of Mobile, Alabama near Bay Minette, Alabama
Result	Red Stick victory
Belligerents
Red Sticks	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

The Fort Mims massacre occurred 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 Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison.

The Red Sticks performed the massacre, killing almost all the remaining mixed Creek, white settlers, and militia at Fort Mims. Afterward, 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.