The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7,1811,in Battle Ground,Indiana,between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa,leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who opposed European-American settlement of the American frontier. As tensions and violence increased,Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to attack the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown,near the confluence of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River.
Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator,Tecumseh traveled widely,forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in the War of 1812,he became an iconic folk hero in American,Indigenous,and Canadian popular history.
The Battle of the Thames,also known as the Battle of Moraviantown,was an American victory in the War of 1812 against Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies. It took place on October 5,1813,in Upper Canada,near Chatham. The British lost control of Southwestern Ontario as a result of the battle;Tecumseh was killed,and his confederacy largely fell apart.
James Guthrie was an American lawyer,plantation owner,railroad president and Democratic Party politician in Kentucky. He served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan,and then became president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. After serving,part-time,in both houses of the Kentucky legislature as well as Louisville's City Council before the American Civil War,Guthrie became one of Kentucky's United States senators in 1865. Guthrie strongly opposed proposals for Kentucky to secede from the United States and attended the Peace Conference of 1861. Although he sided with the Union during the Civil War,he declined President Abraham Lincoln's offer to become the Secretary of War. As one of Kentucky's senators after the war,Guthrie supported President Andrew Johnson and opposed Congressional Reconstruction.
Benjamin Logan was an American pioneer,soldier,and politician from Virginia,then Shelby County,Kentucky. As colonel of the Kentucky County,Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War,he was second-in-command of all the trans-Appalachian Virginia. He became a politician and help secure statehood for Kentucky. His brother,John Logan,who at times served under him in the militia and replaced him as delegate,became the first state treasurer of Kentucky.
Simon Kenton was an American frontiersman and soldier in Virginia,Kentucky,and Ohio. He was a friend of Daniel Boone,Spencer Records,Thomas S. Hinde,Thomas Hinde,and Isaac Shelby. He served the United States in the Revolution,the Northwest Indian War,and the War of 1812.
William Whitley,was an American pioneer in what became Kentucky,in the colonial and early Federal period. Born in Virginia,he was the son of Scottish Presbyterian immigrants from northern Ireland,then the Ulster Plantation. He was important to the early settlement of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky,where he moved with his family from Virginia. He served with the Kentucky militia during the Northwest Indian War.
Martin D. Hardin was a politician and lawyer from Kentucky. Born in Pennsylvania,his family immigrated to Kentucky when he was still young. He studied law under George Nicholas and commenced practice at Richmond,Kentucky. His cousin,future U.S. Representative Benjamin Hardin,studied in his law office. He represented Madison County in the Kentucky House of Representatives for a single term.
The Battle of Brownstown was an early skirmish in the War of 1812. Although the United States military outnumbered the forces of Tecumseh's Confederacy 8 to 1,they lost the battle and suffered substantial losses while Tecumseh's forces were almost untouched.
Moluntha,also spelled Molunthe,Melonthe,and Malunthy,was a prominent civil chief of the Shawnee people in the 1780s. He was murdered by a Kentucky soldier at the outset of the Northwest Indian War (1785–1795).
Thomas Allin was a soldier and surveyor who became an early settler and political leader in Kentucky. He served in the Revolutionary War,first in the North Carolina militia and then as part of general Nathanael Greene's campaign.
Paschal Hickman was an American military officer who was killed in the Massacre of the River Raisin,an important event in the War of 1812. Hickman County,Kentucky is named for him.
Captain Logan,also known as Spemica Lawba,James Logan,or simply Logan,was a Shawnee warrior who lived in present-day Ohio. Although he opposed the expansion of the United States into Shawnee lands,following the Treaty of Greenville in 1795,he became one of many Shawnees who sought to preserve Shawnee independence by maintaining peaceful relations with the United States. When the War of 1812 reached Ohio,Logan served as a scout and guide for the American military.
During the War of 1812,Kentucky supplied numerous troops and supplies to the war effort. Because Kentucky did not have to commit manpower to defending fortifications,most Kentucky troops campaigned actively against the enemy. This led to Kentucky seeing more battle casualties than all other states combined.
John Logan was a military officer,farmer and politician from Virginia who became a pioneer in and helped found the state of Kentucky. He served under his brother,Benjamin during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774,then both moved to what was then called Kentucky County,Virginia. Logan took part in several expeditions against the Shawnee,including some led by Daniel Boone,John Bowman,and George Rogers Clark. After Kentucky County was split into three counties,Logan and his brother at various times represented Lincoln in the Virginia House of Delegates,and John Logan also represented that county at the Virginia Ratification Convention in 1788.
Samuel South was born circa 1770 in Maryland. He was the second son of John South. The South family moved to Boonesborough when Samuel was still young. At the time,Boonesborough was in Fayette County in the District of Kentucky,a part of the state of Virginia. John South was in command of the militia at Boonesborough.
Captain William Hardin was an American soldier,farmer,and founder of Hardinsburg,Kentucky. Known as "Big Bill" or "Indian Bill",he was related to Colonel John Hardin,for whom Hardin County,Kentucky,was named.
William Ward was the founder of Urbana,Ohio,and one of the original settlers in Kentucky's Mason County and Ohio's Mad River Valley.
Captain James Ward was an early American settler,fighter against Native Americans and legislator of Kentucky whose adventures featured heavily in the stories of the western frontier. He was a pall bearer at Daniel Boone's re-interment in 1845.
Thomas Ingles was a Virginia pioneer,frontiersman and soldier. He was the son of William Ingles and Mary Draper Ingles. He,his mother and his younger brother were captured by Shawnee Indians and although his mother escaped,Thomas remained with the Shawnee until age 17,when his father paid a ransom and brought him back to Virginia. He later served in the Virginia militia,reaching the rank of colonel by 1780.
