Significant1791
St. Clair's Defeat
Fort Recovery · Ohio
Estimated casualties
630 – 950estimated dead
About 630-650 U.S. soldiers killed plus dozens of camp followers; the worst U.S. defeat ever inflicted by Native Americans.
SOURCEWikipedia: St. Clair's defeat
On 4 November 1791, a Native confederacy under Little Turtle and Blue Jacket destroyed the army of General Arthur St. Clair near the Wabash River, inflicting the worst defeat ever suffered by the U.S. Army at the hands of Native Americans and prompting the reforms that produced Wayne's legion.
Belligerents2
- United States
- Northwestern Confederacy
ON THE MAPUnited States (1790)
Conflict graph
PART OFNorthwest Indian War
Sources
- Wikipedia: St. Clair's defeat
- Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts (4th ed., 2017)
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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