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Wabash 1791 : St. Clair's defeat / John F. Winkler ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Title
- Wabash 1791 : St. Clair's defeat / John F. Winkler ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Author
- Winkler, John F., 1946-
- Publication
- Botley, Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Dennis, Peter, 1950-
- Description
- 96 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.
- Summary
- The battle of the Wabash, or St Clair's Defeat, was the greatest ever victory of American Indians over US Army forces. In 1791, Revolutionary War commander Arthur St Clair led a hastily recruited American army into Ohio in an attempt to wrest control of the area from its Indian inhabitants. Hindered by geographical ignorance, difficult terrain, bad weather, and a lack of supplies, the Americans advanced slowly through the wilderness. After a month, they reached the Wabash River, where an Indian army awaited them. On a cold November morning, the Indians attacked at dawn and three hours later the Americans fled, having suffered more than 60 percent casualties. In this book, author John F. Winkler re-examines the US Army's frontier disaster, analyzing what they did wrong and how the Indians achieved their crushing victory.
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 240
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 240.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Strategic Situation -- The Ohio River frontier -- The Northwest Territory -- Harmar's campaign -- Chronology -- Opposing Commanders -- American -- Indian -- Opposing Armies -- American -- Indian -- Orders of battle -- Opposing Plans -- American -- Indian -- The Campaign And Battle -- The American advance -- The battle of the Wabash -- The American retreat -- Aftermath -- The Battlefield Today -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781849086769 (pbk.)
- 1849086761 (pbk.)
- 9781849086776 (PDF ebook)
- 184908677X (PDF ebook)
- 9781849088930 (EPUB ebook)
- 1849088934 (EPUB ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2011275241
- OCLC
- 707236925
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library