Fort Harrison

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Fort Harrison was a strategically important American military outpost on the Wabash River in Indiana, notable for its role in early 19th-century frontier conflicts between the United States and Native American forces.

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Fort Harrison canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army post ⓘ
military fort ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
architecturalStyle log stockade fort ⓘ
conflict Tecumseh's War ⓘ
Tecumseh's War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
controlledBy United States ⓘ
coordinateLocation 39.510°N 87.379°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
follows earlier temporary encampments on the Wabash River ⓘ
garrison United States regular troops ⓘ
territorial militia ⓘ
hasPart barracks ⓘ
blockhouse ⓘ
palisade ⓘ
storehouse ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic site ⓘ
historyPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
inception 1811 ⓘ
locatedIn Indiana ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vigo County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInFormerTerritorialEntity Indiana Territory ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00 ⓘ
UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedNear Terre Haute, Indiana ⓘ
locatedOn Wabash River ⓘ
materialUsed timber ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army infantry ⓘ
linked to: Infantry Branch
namedAfter William Henry Harrison ⓘ
notableWork defense of Fort Harrison in 1812 ⓘ
occupant United States Army ⓘ
partOf Northwest frontier of the United States ⓘ
United States system of frontier forts ⓘ
pointInTime 1812 ⓘ
presentDaySiteUse commemorative and historical interpretation site ⓘ
significantEvent Siege of Fort Harrison ⓘ
attack by Native American forces in 1812 ⓘ
significantPerson William Henry Harrison ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
significantRole defense of the Indiana frontier ⓘ
protection of settlers along the Wabash River ⓘ
strategicImportance control of transportation along the Wabash River ⓘ
forward post against Native American confederacies ⓘ
usedFor frontier defense ⓘ
military supply base ⓘ
staging point for campaigns against Native American confederacies ⓘ

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