Screen LibraryThe victory with no name : the Native American defeat of the first American army /
"A balanced and readable account of the 1791 battle between St. Clair's US forces and an Indian coalition in the Ohio Valley, one of the most important and under-recognized events of its time"--
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"A balanced and readable account of the 1791 battle between St. Clair's US forces and an Indian coalition in the Ohio Valley, one of the most important and under-recognized events of its time"-- "In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States Army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Miami River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated, suffering nearly one thousand casualties in killed and wounded, while Indian casualties numbered only a few dozen. But despite the lopsided result, it wouldn't appear to carry much significance; it involved only a few thousand people, lasted less than three hours, and the outcome, which was never in dou |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index. |
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9780199387991 0199387990 |
| Index Number: | E83 |
| CLC: | K712.42 |
| Call Number: | K712.42/C163 |
| Contents: | 1. Confederations : America in 1790 -- 2. Building a Nation on Indian Land -- 3. The U.S. Invades Ohio -- 4. The Indian Resistance Movement -- 5. Battle with No Name -- 6. Recriminations and Reversal -- Epilogue. |