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The Battle of Tippecanoe (/ ˌ t ɪ p ə k ə ˈ n uː / TIP-ə-kə-NOO) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet"), leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who ...
The following units of the U.S. Army and state militia forces under Indiana Governor William Henry Harrison, fought against the Native American warriors of Tecumseh's Confederacy, led by Chief Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa "The Prophet" at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811.
The Tippecanoe Battlefield Park preserves the location of the Battle of Tippecanoe fought on November 7, 1811.. The 16-acre (6.5 ha) site of the battle was deeded to the State of Indiana by John Tipton, a veteran of the fight, on November 7, 1836, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle.
Battle Ground is a town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 1,334 at the 2010 census. It is near the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Battle Ground is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tippecanoe Township (disambiguation), five in Indiana and one in Iowa; The original (but disputed) name for Tipp City, Ohio. Tippecanoe High School in Tipp City, Ohio; Tippecanoe Lake, a glacially-created lake in Kosciusko County, Indiana; Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, the location of the Battle of Tippecanoe fought on November 7, 1811
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.
Wells' eldest brother, Samuel Wells, and his father-in-law, Frederick Geiger, were both at the Battle of Tippecanoe; Geiger was wounded in the initial attack. [18] Wells also established and managed a farm in Fort Wayne, which he jointly owned with his friend Jean François Hamtramck. [19]
was earned at the Battle of Tippecanoe. [23] [25] Delta Company (Ranger) was the only National Guard Infantry unit to serve intact in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and called itself the Indiana Rangers. [23] [26]