32°24′19.15″N 85°42′17.54″W / 32.4053194°N 85.7048722°W
Battle of Calebee Creek | |||||||
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Part of the War of 1812, the Creek War | |||||||
Fort Mitchell (Floyd's Base) shown along the Federal Road near Autossee and Calabee | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Red Stick Creeks | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Floyd | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,300 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
25 killed, 150 wounded | 50 killed, unknown wounded |
The Battle of Calebee Creek (also spelled Calabee, Callabee, or in the official report at the time, "Chalibee"[1]: 95 ) took place on January 27, 1814, during the Creek War, in Macon County, Alabama, 50 miles (80 km) west of Fort Mitchell. General Floyd, with 1,200 Georgia volunteers, a company of cavalry and 400 friendly Yuchi, repulsed a night attack of the Red Sticks on his camp. Floyd lost so many in this hostile country that he immediately withdrew to the Chattahoochee River. Also referred to as the Battle for Camp Defiance.