The Early Republic at War

Ohio

10 War of 1812 and Northwest Indian War engagements documented in Ohio, drawn from the federal battlefield survey and the historical record.

Alonzo Chappel, The Battle of Tippecanoe. Public domain.
10
Engagements
1790 to 1813
Years

Where these engagements were fought

9 of the 11 could be placed to a location and appear on the map; the remaining 2 are recorded without a precise point. Select a marker to see the engagement.

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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.

Notable engagements

EngagementYearOutcomeForces or losses
Harmar Campaign1790Northwestern Confederacy victory~120-150 killed or wounded vs 262 killed ; 106 wounded
St. Clair's Defeat1791Northwestern Confederacy victory21 killed ; 40 wounded vs 656 killed or captured ; 279…
Battle of Fallen Timbers1794United States victory33 killed ; 100 wounded vs 25-40 killed
Battle of Fort Recovery1794American victory35 killed ; 43 wounded; 20 missing vs ~17-50 killed ; ~100…
Copus massacre1812American victory2-11 killed vs 4 killed; 3 wounded
Fort Stephenson1813American victory26 killed; 41 wounded; 29 missing vs 1 killed; 7 wounded
Lake Erie1813American victory27 killed ; 96 wounded vs 41 killed ; 93 wounded ; 306…
Dudley's Defeat1813

Plus 2 further documented engagements in the Ohio record.

By conflict

War of 1812
The 1812-1815 war with Britain, fought across the Old Northwest, the Chesapeake, the Niagara and Great Lakes frontier, coastal Maine, and the Gulf, from the River Raisin to the defense of Baltimore and the Battle of New Orleans.
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Northwest Indian War
The 1785-1795 struggle for the Ohio Country between the United States and the Western Confederacy, from Harmar's and St. Clair's defeats to the American victory at Fallen Timbers.
4 ENGAGEMENTS β†’

Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS) (public domain (U.S. federal record), boundary survey); Wikidata (structured data, CC0); Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0).