Fort Strother was a stockade

Stockade

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 fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory

Mississippi Territory

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, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama

St. Clair County, Alabama

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. It was located on a bluff of the Coosa River

Coosa River

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, near the modern Neely Henry Dam in Ohatchee

Ohatchee, Alabama

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. The fort was built by General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 and several thousand militiamen in November 1813, during the Creek War

Creek War

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. It was to serve as his base of operations against the Red Sticks

Red Sticks

Red Sticks is the English term for a traditionalist faction of Creek Indians who led a resistance movement which culminated in the outbreak of the Creek War in 1813....

. An inscribed stone marker near Highway 144

Alabama State Route 144

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, erected by the county, records a brief history of the fort.