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46 wounded [2] The Battle of the Mississinewa, also known as Mississineway, was an expedition ordered by William Henry Harrison against Miami Indian villages in response to the attacks on Fort Wayne and Fort Harrison in the Indiana Territory. The site is near the city of Marion, Indiana. Today, the location is the site of Mississinewa 1812, the ...
91 killed. 29 wounded [2] The Battle of Marion (December 17–18, 1864) [3] was a military engagement fought between units of the Union Army and the Confederate Army during the American Civil War near the town of Marion, Virginia. The battle was part of Union Maj. Gen. George Stoneman 's attack upon southwest Virginia, aimed at destroying ...
Battle of the Mississinewa: December 17–18, 1812 Near Jalapa: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier 102+ United States of America vs Tecumseh's confederacy Battle of Tipton's Island: April 1813 White River: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier 7 Indiana Rangers vs Kickapoo: Attack at Fort Wayne: July 7, 1813 Fort Wayne: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier 3
Marion, Indiana. Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. [4] The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University, the ...
July 9, 1979. The Corydon Battle Site is a protected park area located in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana. The site preserves the battlefield where a portion of the Battle of Corydon occurred on July 9, 1863. It is part of the Harrison County Parks Department and is officially known as the Battle of Corydon Memorial Park. [2]
By October 1888, a 220-acre (0.89 km 2) tract had been purchased by a group of local citizens for donation to the Federal government for the National Home site.This tract was located in North Marion in a bend of the Mississinewa River on the "hilliest body of land in Grant County" from which there were views to the east and north as well as south to Marion. [4]
March 17, 1994. Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, Grant County, Indiana. It encompasses 52 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Marion. It developed between about 1870 and 1942, and includes notable examples ...
July 23, 1985. Battle Ground Historic District is a national historic district located at Battle Ground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 129 contributing buildings in the central business district of Battle Ground, including the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe. It developed between about 1811 and 1930 and includes ...