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Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president , Benjamin Harrison .
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.
Indiana Dunes: American Revolutionary War: 4 United States vs Kingdom of Great Britain and American Indians: de LaBalme Massacre: November 5, 1780 Near the Eel River in Whitley County: American Revolutionary War: 25+ Continental Army vs American Indians: Lochry's Defeat: August 24, 1781 Near Aurora: American Revolutionary War: Illinois Campaign: 37
The 22nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.On October 8, 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the regiment suffered 65.3% casualties, one of the highest percentages of casualties suffered by any American Civil War regiment in a single engagement.
Map of Louisville in 1864, showing 11 forts and other defenses. View to the south: Kentucky is "above" the river, Indiana below. During the months of July and August, Burbridge initiated building more fortifications in Kentucky, although Sherman's march through Georgia effectively reduced the Confederate threat to Kentucky.
The settlement of Armiesburg was so named because Harrison and his army crossed the Raccoon Creek and camped near there on their way to the battle. [3] After the county was established in 1821, the county seat was located first at Roseville, and second at Armiesburg where at least two court sessions were held.
His son, John Francis Hamtramck, was born in Fort Wayne during this year, and is sometimes considered the first U.S. citizen born in Fort Wayne. [9] Colonel Thomas Hunt 1798–1802 Built new fort in 1800 Captain Thomas Pasteur 1802 Former commandant of Fort Knox and Fort Massac. Colonel Henry Burbeck 1803 Major Zebulon Pike 1803 Father of explorer.
Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War.It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.