Battle of Fort Recovery
| Battle of Fort Recovery | |||||||
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| Part of the Northwest Indian War | |||||||
Mural depicting the siege | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United States Chickasaw Choctaw |
Northwestern Confederacy Lower Canada | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William McMahon † Asa Hartshorn † |
Egushawa Blue Jacket Matthew Elliott | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~250 | ~1,200 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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35 killed 43 wounded 20 missing |
~17–50 killed ~100 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Fort Recovery, 30 June – 1 July 1794, was a battle of the Northwest Indian War, fought at the present-day village of Fort Recovery, Ohio. A large force of warriors in the Western Confederacy attacked a fort held by United States soldiers deep in Ohio Country. The United States suffered heavy losses, but maintained control of the fort. The battle exposed a division in the Western Confederacy's military strategy at a time when they seemed to hold the advantage, and the United States pressed farther into the Northwest Territory.