Georgia - Battle of Shepherd's Plantation
Battle of Shepherd's Plantation
The Creek War 0f 1836
This monument in Stewart
County, Georgia, marks the site
of the Battle of Shepherd's
Plantation, a particularly severe
encounter of the Creek War of
1836. This conflict erupted as
Muscogee (Creek) warriors
resisted their forced expulsion
from their homes in neighboring
Alabama and began to attack
white settlements all along the
fronter.
Site of the Battle of Shepherd's Plantation
Florence, Georgia
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