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Fourth Victory Over The Creeks.
Sir,
I have the honour to communicate to your excellency an account of an action fought on the 29th ultimo on the Talapoosie river, between part of the force under my command, and a large body of the Creek Indians.
It was my intention to have completely surrounded the enemy by appaying the right wing of my force on Canleebee creek, at the mouth of which I was informed the town stood, and resting the left on the river bank below the town, but to our surprise, as the day dawned, we perceived a second town about 500 yards below that which we had first viewed and were preparing to attack. The plan was immediately changed: three companies of infantry on the left were wheeled into echellon, and advanced to the lower town accompanied by Meriwether's rifle company and two troops of light dragoons under the command of captains Irwin and Steele.
At 9 o'clock the enemy was completely driven from the plain, and the houses of both towns wrapped in flames.
The troops deserve the highest praise for their fortitude in enduring hunger, cold, and fatigue, without a murmur, having marched 120 miles in 7 days.
The friendly Indians lost several killed and wounded, the number not exactly known. Captain Barton, an active and intelligent officer, (the bearer of these despatches) can more particularly explain to your excellency the conduct, movements, and operations of the army.
I have the honour to be...
JOHN FLOYD, B. CI.
Major general Pinckney.
Killed and wounded in the action on the 29th of November, 1815. Total killed, 11; wounded, 54.
Additional information about the Battle Of Autosee Creek can be found at the Flintlock and Tomahawk blog here.
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