[1] After Red Stick warriors began attacking settlers in the area, many families joined together to create protective stockades.

Albert J. Pickett reported 390 individuals occupied Fort Carney, while Timothy H. Ball stated that it only contained "a few occupants".

[4] Sixty members of the 8th Regiment Mississippi Militia occupied Fort Carney.

Austill volunteered for the seventy-five mile ride to request additional protection for the occupants of Fort Madison.

[8] Fort Gullett also served to prevent Federal gunboats from traveling up the Tombigbee River.