how many people had died at horseshoe bend
â[They] fought to the last with that kind of bravery desperation inspiresâ¦â. On 27 March 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson âs army of 3,300 men attacked Chief Menawaâs 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors fortified in a horseshoe shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River. Over 800 Red Sticks died that day.