Battle of the River Raisin

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The Battle of the River Raisin was a significant and bloody War of 1812 clash between American and British-Indian forces, remembered for the subsequent massacre of American prisoners and the rallying cry "Remember the Raisin."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
aftermath American public outrage over the massacre ⓘ
mass killing of wounded American prisoners by some Native warriors on January 23, 1813 ⓘ
strengthening of American resolve in the War of 1812 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
casualtiesUnitedStates heavy ⓘ
casualtiesUnitedStatesKilledAndWounded hundreds ⓘ
category Battles involving Native Americans ⓘ
Battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
Battles involving the United States ⓘ
Conflicts in 1813 ⓘ
commanderForNativeForces Tecumseh (not present at the massacre but associated with the Native confederacy) ⓘ
linked to: Shawnee warriors
commanderForUnitedKingdom Colonel Henry Procter ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Brigadier General James Winchester ⓘ
Major General William Henry Harrison (overall theater commander) ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date January 18–23, 1813 ⓘ
endDate 1813-01-23 ⓘ
followedBy American defeat delaying attempts to retake Detroit ⓘ
forcesInvolvedNative Potawatomi warriors ⓘ
Shawnee warriors ⓘ
other Native American allies of the British ⓘ
forcesInvolvedUnitedKingdom British regulars ⓘ
forcesInvolvedUnitedStates Kentucky militia ⓘ
regular U.S. Army troops ⓘ
location River Raisin, Michigan Territory ⓘ
linked to: River Raisin

near Frenchtown, Michigan Territory ⓘ
memorial River Raisin National Battlefield Park ⓘ
memorialLocation Monroe, Michigan ⓘ
notableFor massacre of wounded American prisoners after the battle ⓘ
origin of the American rallying cry "Remember the Raisin" ⓘ
opponent Native American forces ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf Northwestern theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ
precededBy surrender of Detroit in 1812 ⓘ
recognizedBy U.S. National Park Service ⓘ
result decisive British and Native American victory ⓘ
significance major defeat for Kentucky militia units ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles fought on Michigan soil ⓘ
slogan "Remember the Raisin" ⓘ
sloganUsedBy American forces in later War of 1812 campaigns ⓘ
startDate 1813-01-18 ⓘ
strategicObjectiveUnitedKingdom maintain control of Detroit and the Old Northwest ⓘ
strategicObjectiveUnitedStates recapture Detroit and secure the Michigan Territory ⓘ
theater Old Northwest ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monroe, Michigan → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
Kentucky militia → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
River Raisin → associatedWithBattle → Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
River Raisin National Battlefield Park → commemorates → River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin
Battle of the River Raisin → alsoKnownAs → River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin
Frenchtown, Michigan → battleAlsoKnownAs → Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
Frenchtown, Michigan → notableAftermath → River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin
Battle of Frenchtown → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
Battle of Frenchtown → alsoKnownAs → River Raisin Battle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin
Battle of Frenchtown → followedBy → River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin
Battle of Frenchtown → hasPart → River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the River Raisin