Battle of the Wabash

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battle battle of the Northwest Indian War military conflict

The Battle of the Wabash was a devastating 1791 defeat of U.S. forces by a confederation of Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory, and remains one of the worst losses in U.S. Army history.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
St. Clair's Defeat	5
Battle of the Miami Towns	1
Battle of the Ohio Country	1
Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat)	1
St. Clair's Defeat, 1791	1
led to St. Clair's Defeat	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ battle of the Northwest Indian War ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Miami Towns Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: St. Clair's Defeat
belligerent	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Western Confederacy ⓘ confederation of Native American tribes ⓘ
cause	Native American resistance to U.S. expansion ⓘ U.S. attempt to assert control over Northwest Territory ⓘ
commander	Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Fort Recovery State Memorial ⓘ
conflict	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
countryAtTime	United States of America ⓘ
date	1791-11-04 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ creation of the Legion of the United States ⓘ reorganization of the U.S. Army ⓘ
influenced	United States federal Indian law and policy ⓘ surface form: United States Indian policy in the Northwest Territory
involvedTribe	Chickasaw (some warriors) ⓘ Choctaw people ⓘ surface form: Choctaw (some warriors) Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware Miami ⓘ Mingo people ⓘ surface form: Mingo Ottawa ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Wyandot ⓘ
location	Northwest Territory ⓘ near present-day Fort Recovery, Ohio ⓘ near the Wabash River ⓘ near the headwaters of the Wabash River ⓘ
NativeAmerican casualties	significantly lower than U.S. casualties ⓘ
NativeAmericanCommander	Blue Jacket ⓘ Buckongahelas ⓘ Little Turtle ⓘ
opposingForce	United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army U.S. militia ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
precededBy	Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ surface form: Harmar's Campaign
relatedTreaty	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
result	decisive Native American victory ⓘ
significance	one of the worst defeats in U.S. Army history ⓘ worst defeat of U.S. forces by Native Americans ⓘ
theater	Northwest Territory ⓘ
U.S. casualties	dozens of camp followers killed ⓘ over 250 U.S. soldiers wounded ⓘ over 600 U.S. soldiers killed ⓘ
U.S. commander	Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
year	1791 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → aftermath → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: led to St. Clair's Defeat

Battle of the Wabash → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat

Battle of the Wabash → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Miami Towns

Northwest Indian War → dateOfBattle → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat, 1791

Blue Jacket → notableBattle → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → notableBattle → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat

Northwest Indian War → notableBattle → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat

Northwest Indian War → notableBattle → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Ohio Country

Buckongahelas → participatedIn → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat

Miami tribe → participatedIn → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat)

Battle of Fallen Timbers → precededBy → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Clair's Defeat

Northwest Indian Confederacy → significantEvent → Battle of the Wabash ⓘ