Battle of Blue Licks

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The Battle of Blue Licks was a 1782 Revolutionary War clash in present-day Kentucky, often considered one of the war’s last battles and a devastating defeat for American frontier militia.

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Battle of Blue Licks canonical 3
Battle of the Blue Licks 1

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aftermath led to increased calls for better frontier defense ⓘ
prompted punitive expedition known as the Crawford Expedition (earlier in 1782) and later frontier campaigns ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Blue Licks ⓘ
approximateStrengthOpposing about 300 Loyalists and Native Americans ⓘ
approximateStrengthPatriot about 180 militia ⓘ
belligerent British Loyalist forces ⓘ
Native American warriors ⓘ
Patriot militia ⓘ
belligerentSide Loyalists ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
United States (Patriot militia) ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
other Native American allies of the British ⓘ
casualtiesPatriot high proportion of force killed or captured ⓘ
commander Benjamin Logan (relief force, not present at main action) ⓘ
Daniel Boone ⓘ
Hugh McGary ⓘ
Stephen Trigg ⓘ
commemoratedBy Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park ⓘ
annual reenactments and memorial events in Kentucky ⓘ
conflictOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime United States (Thirteen Colonies/Rebel territory) ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
date 1782-08-19 ⓘ
followedBy George Rogers Clark’s 1782 expedition against Native American towns in the Ohio Country ⓘ
forcesType Loyalist rangers ⓘ
Native American war parties ⓘ
frontier militia ⓘ
hasMemorial monument at Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park ⓘ
isConsidered a major defeat for American frontier militia ⓘ
one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
location Kentucky ⓘ
near Licking River ⓘ
present-day Nicholas County, Kentucky ⓘ
notableDeath Israel Boone ⓘ
John Todd ⓘ
Stephen Trigg ⓘ
opposingCommander Alexander McKee ⓘ
Captain William Caldwell ⓘ
Simon Girty ⓘ
partOf Western theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy raids and skirmishes along the Kentucky frontier in 1782 ⓘ
result British and Native American victory ⓘ
significance often cited as the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War in Kentucky ⓘ
symbolized vulnerability of frontier settlements late in the Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1782 ⓘ

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Kentucky frontier → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Blue Licks ⓘ
Stephen Trigg → conflict → Battle of Blue Licks ⓘ
Battle of Blue Licks → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Blue Licks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Blue Licks