Battle of Burnt Corn

The battle of Burnt Corn was a skirmish between Muscogee Red Sticks and the US Army which ended in Red Stick victory. Considered to be the opening battle in the Creek War or Red Stick War, the US Army launched a surprise attack on Red Stick's led by Peter McQueen a Red Stick warrior. They had traveled to Pensacola to procure arms and were returning home when the US Army attacked as they went to bed. The Red Sticks scattered and then launched a successful counterattack. The Red Sticks were a faction of Muscogee peoples who met with Tecumseh and were traditionalists. They opposed US Territorial expansion into their lands in Southern Georgia and central Alabama. They supported traditional leadership and culture and the preservation of lands for communal cultivation and hunting as opposed to private plantations and the adoption of European culture.