Fort Miami (British fort)

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Fort Miami was a British military outpost built in the 1790s near present-day Maumee, Ohio, that served as a strategic base during conflicts between the British, Native American nations, and the United States in the Northwest Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century fortification ⓘ
British military fort ⓘ
administeredBy local historical authorities in Ohio ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
builtBy British Army engineers ⓘ
linked to: Royal Engineers
builtIn 1794 ⓘ
builtUnderCommandOf Major William Campbell ⓘ
cededTo United States ⓘ
commandersRefused to open the fort to retreating Native American warriors after the Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
controlledBy British Army ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
dateOfEventAssociation 20 August 1794 ⓘ
distinctFrom Fort Miami (St. Joseph River) ⓘ
Fort Miami (St. Marys River) ⓘ
evacuatedBy British forces ⓘ
evacuationYear 1796 ⓘ
garrisonedBy British regular troops ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
hasFeature defensive ditches ⓘ
earthen walls ⓘ
palisades (originally) ⓘ
hasType earthwork fortification ⓘ
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
influenced negotiations leading to Jay Treaty ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territory ⓘ
present-day Maumee, Ohio ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lucas County, Ohio ⓘ
locatedNear Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Toledo
locatedOn Maumee River ⓘ
namedAfter Miami people ⓘ
nearBattle Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
partOfConflict Anglo-American frontier conflicts ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
purpose to deter United States expansion into the Northwest Territory ⓘ
to support Native American resistance to U.S. forces ⓘ
region Great Lakes frontier ⓘ
relatedTreaty Jay Treaty ⓘ
significance symbol of continued British presence in U.S. territory after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
status ruined fort ⓘ
strategicRole base for British and Native American operations along the Maumee River ⓘ
usedBy British forces ⓘ
Miami allies ⓘ
Native American confederacy ⓘ
Ottawa allies ⓘ
Shawnee allies ⓘ
usedDuring 1790s ⓘ

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Battle of Fallen Timbers → near → Fort Miami (British fort) ⓘ
capture of Fort Miami → opposingForce → British garrison at Fort Miami ⓘ
linked to: Fort Miami (British fort)