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The Legion of 2,000 combatants was organized into four sub-legions, each containing companies of infantry, light infantry, riflemen and dragoons. Split into three columns the legion's left flank held the 2nd and 4th sub-legions, while the right fl…
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The Western Alliance faced a more formidable foe at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Although losses were equal on both sides, rumors of eight slain chiefs discouraged the Western Confederacy. They retreated to where Swan Creek meets the Maumee River…
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The natural land features and geography of the land played a major role in determining the battle strategy for both forces. This, combined with the thick forests and downed timber, caused by a tornado, was a landscape that favored the Western C…
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To prepare for battle, warriors from the Western Confederacy followed a fasting ritual. An unexpected two-day wait, caused by General Wayne's construction of Camp Deposit, left the warriors famished and dehydrated. On the morning of the battle,…
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As peace negotiations continued without success, General Wayne's slow and strenuous march through Ohio moved massive amounts of supplies, horses and artillery to support his 2,000 soldiers. Along the way, Wayne's army built supply depots and fo…
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Feeling confident after defeating the British in the Revolutionary War, the U.S. stood little chance of success against the better ordered Western Confederacy forces. As a result the well-organized natives led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket defe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJH_fighting-forces_Maumee-OH.html
Following the disastrous defeats of U.S. Generals Harmar and St. Clair by the Western Confederacy, President George Washington recalled Anthony Wayne from retirement to lead a new U.S. fighting force. Over the course of two years, General Wayne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P44_unfair-negotiations_Maumee-OH.html
After the American Revolution, the arrival of more settlers to the Ohio Country threatened the fragile peace between Native Nations, the British and the United States. Land boundaries were set between the British and the U.S. at the Treaty of P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3Q_why-fight-here_Maumee-OH.html
The Maumee River Valley nurtured a hunter-gatherer life and later farming communities for thousands of Native Americans. The valley also attracted the French, British and American settlers because of navigable waterways and the fur trade. Clash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBZ_battle-of-fallen-timbers_Maumee-OH.html
This monument and nine-acre site commemorates the Battle of Fallen Timbers, fought August 20, 1794, between a confederation of Indian tribes and General Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States.Treaty of Greenville   1795General Anthony Wayne'…
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