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.

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Label Occurrences
Josiah Harmar canonical 8

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Army officer ⓘ
Revolutionary War veteran ⓘ
United States Army officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Confederation Congress
birthDate 1753-11-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
burialPlace Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
era 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
facedOpponent Miami people ⓘ
Shawnee Nation ⓘ
surface form: Shawnee people

Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Western Confederacy of Native American nations
familyName Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ
surface form: 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's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ
surface form: Harmar campaign of 1790
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ
surface form: Harmar campaign of 1790
partOf Continental Army ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
serviceEnd 1783 ⓘ
1792 ⓘ
serviceStart 1775 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → commander → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Little Turtle's War → hasCommanderForSide → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → hasCommander → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → namedAfter → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Fort Harmar → namedAfter → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Battle of Kekionga → commander → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Battle of Heller's Corner → hasCommander → Josiah Harmar ⓘ
Harmar Township, Pennsylvania → namedAfter → Josiah Harmar ⓘ