Fort Miami (British fort)

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Fort Miami was a British military outpost built in the 1790s near present-day Maumee, Ohio, that served as a strategic base during conflicts between the British, Native American nations, and the United States in the Northwest Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century fortification
British military fort
administeredBy local historical authorities in Ohio
associatedWithEvent Battle of Fallen Timbers
builtBy Royal Engineers
surface form: British Army engineers
builtIn 1794
builtUnderCommandOf Major William Campbell
cededTo United States of America
surface form: United States
commandersRefused to open the fort to retreating Native American warriors after the Battle of Fallen Timbers
controlledBy British Army
country Great Britain
currentUse historic site
dateOfEventAssociation 20 August 1794
distinctFrom Fort Miami (St. Joseph River)
Fort Miami (St. Joseph River)
surface form: Fort Miami (St. Marys River)
evacuatedBy British forces
evacuationYear 1796
garrisonedBy British regular troops
Canadian militia
hasFeature defensive ditches
earthen walls
palisades (originally)
hasType earthwork fortification
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

listed on the National Register of Historic Places
influenced negotiations leading to Jay Treaty
locatedIn Northwest Territory
present-day Maumee, Ohio
locatedInPresentDay Lucas County, Ohio NERFINISHED
locatedNear Toledo
surface form: Toledo, Ohio
locatedOn Maumee River
namedAfter Miami people
nearBattle Battle of Fallen Timbers
partOfConflict United States–Native American wars
surface form: Anglo-American frontier conflicts

Northwest Indian War
purpose to deter United States expansion into the Northwest Territory
to support Native American resistance to U.S. forces
region Great Lakes frontier
relatedTreaty Jay Treaty
significance symbol of continued British presence in U.S. territory after the American Revolutionary War
status ruined fort
strategicRole base for British and Native American operations along the Maumee River
usedBy British forces
Miami allies
Native American confederacy
Ottawa allies
Shawnee allies
usedDuring 1790s

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Battle of Fallen Timbers near Fort Miami (British fort)