| LC control no. | sh 96009912 |
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| LC classification | E83.79 |
| Topical heading | St. Clair's Defeat, Ohio, 1791 |
| Variant(s) | Kekionga, Battle of, Ohio, 1791 Thousand Slain, Battle of a, Ohio, 1791 Wabash, Battle of the, Ohio, 1791 Wabash River, Battle of, Ohio, 1791 |
| See also | Indians of North America--Wars--1790-1794 Northwest, Old--History--1775-1865 |
| Found in | Work cat.: 96-42274: Edle, W. Kekionga : the worst defeat in the history of the United States Army, 1997. Peters, J.H. Indian battles and skirmishes of the American frontier, 1790-1888, 1966: appendix, p. 29 (Battle occurred near Fort Recovery, Ohio on Nov. 4, 1791, also called St. Clair's Defeat) Tebbell, J.W. The American Indian wars, 1960: p. 136-37. Furlong, P.J. Problems of frontier logistics in St. Clair's 1791 Campaign, 1985, via Selected papers from the 1983 and 1984 George Rogers Clark Trans-Appalachian Frontier History Conferences website, viewed Dec. 14, 2017 (Arthur St. Clair faced the federation of northwestern tribes at dawn on Friday, November 4th, with his army for the moment properly fed, but with his best fighting men 30 miles down the road on a wild goose chase. The battle, known simply as St. Clair's defeat because he was as ignorant of the geography as of the Indian power, was the greatest loss ever suffered by the United States Army against Indians. Out of some 1,400 men actually engaged, St. Clair lost 647 killed and 280 wounded, and in addition some 30 of the women accompanying the army were killed and often mutilated as well) Ohio history central website, Dec. 14, 2017: St. Clair's Defeat ("St. Clair's Defeat was a major confrontation between the armed forces of the United States and the American Indians of the Northwest Territory. It was the worst defeat of the United States Army at the hands of Ohio's American Indians; St. Clair continued to advance against the Miami. By November 3, his men had arrived on the banks of the Wabash River, near some of the Miami villages. Little Turtle led his warriors against the Americans on the morning of November 4; Of the 1,400 men who served under St. Clair, 623 soldiers were killed and another 258 wounded) Feng, P. The Battle of the Wabash, via National Museum of the United States Army website, posted July 16, 2014, viewed on Dec. 14, 2017 (The Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat, named after the expedition's leader, Major General Arthur St. Clair, occurred on 4 November 1791) Hickman, K. Northwest Indian War: Battle of the Wabash, via ThoughtCo. website, updated Mar. 6, 2017, viewed Dec. 14, 2017 (The Battle of the Wabash was fought November 4, 1791, during the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795); Western Confederacy vs. United States; Washington directed the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair, to mount a vigorous campaign against the Confederacy in 1791; On November 3, St. Clair's men encamped on a raised meadow near the headwaters of the Wabash River. Approaching the American camp before dawn on November 4, the Native Americans deployed in the nearby woods to launch a surprise attack. With a casualty rate of 97.4%, the Battle of the Wabash marked the worst defeat in the history of the US Army) Wikipedia, Dec. 14, 2017: St. Clair's Defeat ("St. Clair's Defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was a battle fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States) Architecture & Community Heritage, Fort Wayne, Indiana, website, Dec. 14, 2017 (The Battle of Kekionga; Brigadier General Harmar had one objective in the fall of 1790: destroy Indian towns centered at the junction of the Maumee River with the St. Mary's and St. Joseph rivers conjoining. The Battle of Kekionga took place in October of 1790) Britannica online, Feb. 15, 2018: Saint Clair's Defeat (Nov. 4, 1791) |
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