Battle of Frenchtown

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The Battle of Frenchtown was a significant engagement of the War of 1812, marked by a major American defeat and the subsequent River Raisin Massacre that galvanized U.S. resolve against British and Native American forces.

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Battle of Frenchtown canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the River Raisin ⓘ
River Raisin Battle ⓘ
belligerent Native American confederacy aligned with the British ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualtiesBritishAndAllies around 180 killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesUnitedStates hundreds wounded or captured ⓘ
over 300 killed ⓘ
cause River Raisin Massacre galvanized U.S. resolve ⓘ
commanderForNativeForces Roundhead (Wyandot chief) ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ
commanderForUnitedKingdom Colonel Henry Procter ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Brigadier General James Winchester ⓘ
Colonel William Lewis ⓘ
commemoratedBy River Raisin National Battlefield Park ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date January 18, 1813 ⓘ
January 22, 1813 ⓘ
endDate 1813-01-22 ⓘ
followedBy River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
hasPart River Raisin Massacre ⓘ
impact motivated U.S. recruitment and military efforts in the Northwest ⓘ
strengthened American anti-British sentiment ⓘ
location Frenchtown, Michigan Territory ⓘ
River Raisin ⓘ
near present-day Monroe, Michigan ⓘ
memorial River Raisin National Battlefield Park ⓘ
notableFor high American casualties ⓘ
killing of wounded American prisoners ⓘ
largest American defeat in the War of 1812 in the Northwest theater ⓘ
opponent Native American forces ⓘ
Potawatomi warriors ⓘ
Shawnee warriors ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf War of 1812 ⓘ
precededBy surrender of Detroit ⓘ
result decisive British and Native American victory ⓘ
major American defeat ⓘ
sloganInspired Remember the Raisin ⓘ
startDate 1813-01-18 ⓘ
strategicObjective recapture Detroit and secure Michigan Territory ⓘ
strengthBritishAndAllies approximately 1,300 to 1,500 troops ⓘ
strengthUnitedStates approximately 900 to 1,000 troops ⓘ
territorialContext Michigan Territory of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Territory
theater Northwest theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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

Monroe County, Michigan → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
River Raisin → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
River Raisin National Battlefield Park → hasTheme → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
Monroe → historicalEvent → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
Battle of the River Raisin → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ
Frenchtown, Michigan → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Frenchtown ⓘ