Siege of Fort Meigs

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The Siege of Fort Meigs was a major 1813 engagement of the War of 1812 in which American forces defended a key Ohio River fortification against a prolonged British and Native American assault.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Fort Meigs canonical 2
Defense of Fort Meigs 1
First Siege of Fort Meigs 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the War of 1812 ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Siege of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs
attackingForce British regulars ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
Native American warriors ⓘ
belligerent Tecumseh's Native American confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Tecumseh

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
combatantCommanderFor Henry Procter, British forces ⓘ
Tecumseh, Native American confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Tecumseh

William Henry Harrison, United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy Fort Meigs State Memorial ⓘ
linked to: Fort Meigs
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defensiveForce United States regulars and militia ⓘ
endDate 1813-05-09 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Thames ⓘ
Second Siege of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs
fortificationType earthwork fort ⓘ
garrison Fort Meigs ⓘ
hasCasualties hundreds combined killed, wounded, and captured ⓘ
hasCommander Henry Procter ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
location Fort Meigs ⓘ
near present-day Perrysburg, Ohio ⓘ
on the Maumee River ⓘ
objective capture of Fort Meigs ⓘ
opposingForce Native American forces ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
partOf Northwest theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ
precededBy American defeat at the River Raisin ⓘ
result American victory ⓘ
British and Native American withdrawal ⓘ
river Maumee River ⓘ
significance helped prevent British advance into the Ohio frontier ⓘ
secured American control of northwest Ohio ⓘ
startDate 1813-04-28 ⓘ
state Ohio ⓘ
theater Old Northwest ⓘ
usedTactic relief column attack ⓘ
siege bombardment ⓘ
sortie ⓘ
usedWeapon artillery ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Kentucky militia → notableEngagement → Siege of Fort Meigs ⓘ
Siege of Fort Meigs → followedBy → Second Siege of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs
Siege of Fort Meigs → alsoKnownAs → First Siege of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison → notableWork → Defense of Fort Meigs ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Meigs