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Rediscovering a lost Georgia battlefield: The 1702 “Battle of the Blankets” along the Lower Flint River
01/16/2004
Abstract
The “Battle of the Blankets” is one of the most poorly documented engagements of Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) along the Spanish-English frontier, and to this day remains largely unrecognized except for a few brief references in a small number of specialized history books (e.g. Swanton 1922: 120-121; Crane 1981: 74; Hann 1996: 294). Nevertheless, it was an important part of the broader borderlands conflict between English-allied Creek Indians and Spanish-allied mission Indians, and also represents one of the few military actions during this era which occurred within the present state of Georgia.
Detailed analysis of all the available primary sources regarding the “Battle of the Blankets” has never been published, and the following text is based on a careful examination of several sometimes ambiguous and conflicting sources from both Spanish and English authors. Nevertheless, it is possible to reconstruct a fairly accurate portrait of the events surrounding the battle, and establish at least the general area where it was fought along the Lower Flint River.
Details
- Title
- Rediscovering a lost Georgia battlefield
- Resource Type
- Report
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090635906600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English