battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Burnt Corn

Name: Battle of Burnt Corn
Start: 1813-07-27
Location: Alabama, United States

Battle of Burnt Corn was a battle fought on 27 July 1813 in what is now Alabama, United States. It was part of the Creek War, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Red Stick victory. Recorded strength: ~60 against ~180.

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Fought27 July 1813

WhereAlabama, United States31.190N, 87.126W

OutcomeRed Stick victory

BelligerentsRed Sticks (Creek)againstUnited States Volunteers, Mississippi Territory militia

Casualties and losses10–12 killed; 8–9 woundedand2 killed; ~15 wounded

Battlefield todayBurnt Corn battlefieldNPS site AL401, 3,502 acres studied

Part ofCreek War1813 to 1814

Where it sits in the Creek War

11 placed engagements of the Creek War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	27 July 1813
Place	Alabama, United States 31.190N, 87.126W
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	~60	~180
Casualties and losses	10–12 killed; 8–9 wounded	2 killed; ~15 wounded
Commanders	Peter McQueen High-head Jim	Colonel (United States)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Canoe Fight 1813, 51 km NW
Fort Mims massacre 1813, 68 km W
Battle of Fort Blakeley 1865, 91 km SW
Battle of Spanish Fort 1865, 94 km SW
Capture of Pensacola 1719, 95 km S

In the same war

Before: Bashi Skirmish 1813
After: Fort Mims massacre 30 August 1813
All 11 engagements of Creek War

Elsewhere in 1813

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Burnt Corn battlefield (site AL401): a study area of 3,502 acres.

Battle of Burnt Corn is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (33 in Alabama).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870595, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Burnt Corn, revision 1370108303, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.