St. Clair's campaign, 1791

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St. Clair's campaign, 1791 was a disastrous United States military expedition against Native American confederacy forces in the Northwest Territory, culminating in one of the worst defeats in U.S. Army history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military expedition ⓘ
event in the Northwest Indian War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath U.S. Army reorganization ⓘ
congressional investigation of the defeat ⓘ
creation of the Legion of the United States ⓘ
resignation of Arthur St. Clair as governor of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
aim to assert United States control over the Northwest Territory ⓘ
to subdue Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of a Thousand Slain ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ
belligerent Native American confederacy ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Confederacy ⓘ
casualties heavy U.S. casualties ⓘ
light Native American casualties ⓘ
commandedBy Major General Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
linked to: Arthur St. Clair
commander Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
conflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 4 November 1791 ⓘ
describedAs one of the worst defeats in U.S. Army history ⓘ
endTime 1791 ⓘ
followedBy Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States operations ⓘ
Wayne's campaign ⓘ
hasPart Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ
location Northwest Territory ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
opposingCommander Blue Jacket ⓘ
Buckongahelas ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
opposingForce Delaware ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
other Western Confederacy tribes ⓘ
partOf United States expansion into the Old Northwest ⓘ
early United States–Native American wars ⓘ
precededBy Harmar's campaign ⓘ
result United States defeat ⓘ
decisive Native American victory ⓘ
significance highlighted Native American military effectiveness in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
prompted major reforms in the U.S. Army ⓘ
startTime 1791 ⓘ
theater Northwest Indian War theater ⓘ

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Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → followedBy → St. Clair's campaign, 1791 ⓘ