Complex sentence: The war reached its bloody climax at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the banks of the Tallapoosa River, when a coalition of federal troops, Alabama militia White Stick Creek and bitter rival Cherokees crushed the outnumbered and out-gunned Red Sticks.
Split into simpler sentences: The war reached its bloody climax at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the banks of the Tallapoosa River. A coalition of federal troops, Alabama militia White Stick Creek, and bitter rival Cherokees crushed the outnumbered and out-gunned Red Sticks.