The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was one of the major engagements of the War of 1812. Apart from the incredible number of men killed, it crushed the Indian will and capacity to wage war just when the British were about to land troops from the Gulf and provide the hostiles with an enormous supply of arms and ammunition. Had the Creeks not been defeated so decisively they would have become a force of incalculable danger to the entire southern half of the United States.
