Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is the location of a major battle with the Red Stick Creek Indians and General Andrew Jackson’s army along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, which ended the Creek Indian Wars.

In March 1814, General Jackson’s army left Fort Williams on the Coosa, cut a 52-mile trail through the forest in three days, and on the 26th made camp six miles north of Horseshoe Bend. (more…)

National Military Park, National Battlefield, National Battlefield Park, and National Battlefield Site are four designations for 25 battle sites preserved by the United States federal government because of their national importance.

The designation applies to sites where historic battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts that shaped the growth and development of the United States.

Originally these sites were maintained by the War Department, but were transferred to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933.

The different designations appear to represent Congressional attitudes at the time of authorization of each individual site, although “park” appears to be reserved for the larger sites.

US Military Parks

There are nine National military parks in the United States.

Name Location
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Georgia, Tennessee
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park

  • Fredericksburg National Cemetery
 Virginia
Gettysburg National Military Park

  • Gettysburg National Cemetery
 Pennsylvania
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park North Carolina
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Alabama
Kings Mountain National Military Park South Carolina
Pea Ridge National Military Park Arkansas
Shiloh National Military Park

  • Shiloh National Cemetery
 Tennessee
Vicksburg National Military Park

  • Vicksburg National Cemetery
 Mississippi, Louisiana

Disbanded national military parks

Name Established Disbanded Result
Moore’s Creek National Military Park June 2, 1926 September 8, 1980 Redesignated as Moores Creek National Battlefield.

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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is the location of a major battle with the Red Stick Creek Indians and General Andrew Jackson’s army along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama, which ended the Creek Indian Wars.

In March 1814, General Jackson’s army left Fort Williams on the Coosa, cut a 52-mile trail through the forest in three days, and on the 26th made camp six miles north of Horseshoe Bend.