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St. Clair's defeat, also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, [3] was a battle fought on 4 November 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States. The U.S. Army faced the Northwestern Confederacy of Native Americans as part of the Northwest Indian War.
Historical Marker showing conflicts on the Wabash River. The term Battle of the Wabash has been used to refer to significant battles on or near the Wabash River. History records several known battles along the river. Battle of Vincennes (1779) Harmar's Defeat (1790) St. Clair's Defeat (1791) is alternatively referred to as the Battle of the Wabash.
The Wabash River / ˈ w ɔː b æ ʃ / (French ... The United States has fought five colonial and frontier-era battles on or near the river: the Battle of Vincennes ...
Vincennes, an outpost of New France on the Wabash River, became a part of the British Empire in 1763 after Britain's victory in the French and Indian War.In the American Revolutionary War, American soldier George Rogers Clark seized Vincennes on behalf of Virginia, which in 1778 dubbed the vast region "Illinois County."
Battle at Eel River [3] September 19, 1812 Near Churubusco: War of 1812: Detroit Frontier 25+ United States of America vs Tecumseh's confederacy Spur's Defeat: November 22, 1812 Wildcat Creek, near Lafayette: War of 1812: 18 Shawnee vs United States of America: Battle of the Mississinewa: December 17–18, 1812 Near Jalapa: War of 1812: Detroit ...
These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River. The names of the installations were changed by the various ruling parties, and the forts were considered strategic in the French and Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. The last fort was abandoned in 1816.
Little Turtle is generally credited with leading [31] [32] a coalition force of about 1,000 warriors that routed the U.S. forces near the headwaters of the Wabash River on November 4, 1791. The battle remains the U.S. Army's worst defeat by American Indians, with 623 federal soldiers killed and another 258 wounded.
Battle of The Cedars: May 18–27, 1776: Quebec: British victory [25] Battle of Trois-Rivières: June 8, 1776: Quebec: British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec [26] Battle of Sullivan's Island: June 28, 1776: South Carolina: American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed [27] Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: June 29, 1776 ...