Battle of Moraviantown
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The Battle of Moraviantown was a decisive 1813 engagement in the War of 1812 in which U.S. forces defeated a combined British and Native American force in Upper Canada, resulting in the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and the collapse of his confederacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Moraviantown canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Frenchtown | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
engagement in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| associatedLeader |
Henry Procter
ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ William Henry Harrison ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Army
ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ Shawnee warriors ⓘ Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ
surface form:
Tecumseh's confederacy
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
other Native American allies of Britain ⓘ |
| BritishAndNativeCasualties | significant ⓘ |
| campaign | American campaign to retake Detroit and invade Upper Canada ⓘ |
| combatantCommander |
Henry Procter
ⓘ
Tecumseh ⓘ William Henry Harrison ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| consequence |
collapse of Tecumseh's confederacy
ⓘ
end of major Native American military resistance in the Old Northwest allied with Britain ⓘ strengthening of U.S. control over the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1813-10-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | American occupation of southwestern Upper Canada ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Battle of the Thames ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
decisive engagement in the western theater of the War of 1812
ⓘ
elevated William Henry Harrison's national reputation ⓘ |
| legacy | marked the effective end of organized pan-Indian resistance east of the Mississippi allied with Britain ⓘ |
| location |
Upper Canada
ⓘ
near present-day Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Moraviantown ⓘ |
| NativeAmericanAlliance | Tecumseh's Native confederacy allied with Britain ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Tecumseh ⓘ |
| partOf | Northwest theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Upper Canada ⓘ |
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| river | Thames River ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | to pursue and defeat retreating British and Native forces from Detroit ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome | secured American control of Detroit frontier ⓘ |
| theater | Old Northwest ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | land battle ⓘ |
| UScasualties | relatively light ⓘ |
| USForcesComposition |
Kentucky militia
ⓘ
regular U.S. Army troops ⓘ |
| year | 1813 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Frenchtown
subject surface form:
Defence of Upper Canada