Josiah Harmar

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Continental Army officer Revolutionary War veteran United States Army officer person

Josiah Harmar was an early U.S. Army officer and Revolutionary War veteran best known for leading a failed 1790 campaign against Native American confederacies in the Northwest Indian War.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Army officer → Revolutionary War veteran → United States Army officer → person →
allegiance	Thirteen Colonies → United States of America →
appointedBy	Confederation Congress →
birthDate	1753-11-10 →
birthPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
burialPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
causeOfDeath	illness →
commanded	Fort Harmar → United States troops in the 1790 campaign against the Western Confederacy →
conflict	American Revolutionary War → Northwest Indian War →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1813-08-20 →
deathPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
era	18th century → early 19th century →
ethnicGroup	European American →
facedOpponent	Miami people → Shawnee people → Western Confederacy of Native American nations →
familyName	Harmar →
givenName	Josiah →
knownFor	leading a failed 1790 campaign against Native American confederacies in the Northwest Indian War →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	Continental Army → United States Army →
militaryRank	brigadier general → colonel →
notableWork	Harmar campaign of 1790 →
occupation	military officer → soldier →
participatedIn	Harmar campaign of 1790 →
partOf	Continental Army officer corps → early United States Army regular establishment →
positionHeld	Adjutant General of Pennsylvania militia → commander of the First American Regiment → senior officer of the United States Army →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
serviceEnd	1783 → 1792 →
serviceStart	1775 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northwest Indian War →	commander
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 →	hasCommander
Little Turtle's War →	hasCommanderForSide
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 →	namedAfter