When General John Coffee returned to Fort Strother after defeating the Red Sticks at the Battle of Tallushatchee, General Andrew Jackson received a call for help from allied Creeks who were being besieged by Red Stick rebels at Talladega.

Jackson and his force of about 2,000 men (about 1,200 infantry and 800 cavalry) were camped at Ten Islands on the Coosa River, near the present day Neely Henry Dam.

After the battle, there was a significant lull in the fighting between the Red Sticks and Jackson's army.

In January, in order to support the Georgia militia, Jackson marched toward the village of Emuckfaw with an inexperienced force.

When Jackson received additional reinforcements (some of the regular U.S. troops), he once again went on the offensive and met the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.