unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
, United States. The settlement developed around a garrisoned fort intended to provide defense for the area during the
Creek War
The Creek War (1813–1814), also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, was a regional war between opposing Indigenous American Creek factions, European empires and the United States, taking place largely in modern-day Alabama ...
(1813–14).
Fort Mitchell is about 10 miles south of
Phenix City, Alabama
Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817.
Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee R ...
and
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...
;
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama– Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employee ...
lies on the opposite side of the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatt ...
from Fort Mitchell.
The community is the home of the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, established in 1987 for interment of all US veterans.
Hiawassee
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The community's population was 880 at the 2010 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word ''Ayuhwasi'', which means meadow, (A variant spelling ...
.Wesley, Edgar Bruce (1935). Guarding the frontier. The University of Minnesota Press, p. 38.
Notable people
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James Cantey
James Cantey (December 30, 1818 – June 30, 1874) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a lawyer, slave owner, state legislator in South Carolina and officer in the Mexican–American War, and a ...
,
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
brigadier general
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Samuel Checote
Samuel Checote (1819–1884) (Muscogee) was a political leader, military veteran, and a Methodist preacher in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory. He served two terms as the first principal chief of the tribe to be elected under their new constitut ...
, Muskogee Creek, who was the first principal chief of the tribe, then located in
Indian Territory
The Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land as a sovereign ...
, after the
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
Creek Indians
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsAntonio “Tone D.” Crawford
Founder and CEO of Doomsday Music,
Community Activist, Recovering alcoholic
See also
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Asbury Manual Labor School Asbury Manual Labor School was an American Indian boarding school near Fort Mitchell, Alabama. Founded by the United Methodist Church, and named for Francis Asbury, it opened in 1822 and closed in 1830, when the Creek were forcibly removed to Okla ...
Gallery
Below are photographs taken in Fort Mitchell as part of the
Historic American Buildings Survey
Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...
:
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 FRONT AND SIDE VIEW, S. E. - Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, Russell HABS ALA,57-FOMI,1-5.tif, Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 OLD SLAVE HOUSE, N. W. OF HOUSE - Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, HABS ALA,57-FOMI,1-12.tif, Old slave house, beside Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 OLD WOOD SHED, S. E. CORNER - Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, Russell HABS ALA,57-FOMI,1-14.tif, Wood shed, behind Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 TOMB MONUMENT OF COL. JOHN CROWELL, SR. AT FORT MITCHELL, ALABAMA - Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, HABS ALA,57-FOMI,1-15.tif, Monument to Col. John Crowell Sr., at Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 FRONT AND SIDE VIEW, N. W. CORNER - Old Post Office, Fort Mitchell, Russell County, AL HABS ALA,57-FOMI,2-1.tif, Old post office
File:Historic American Buildings Survey W. N. Manning, Photographer, July 18, 1935 OLD IRISH GARDENER HOUSE - Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, Russell HABS ALA,57-FOMI,1-13.tif, Old Irish gardener house