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The Fallen Timbers Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers on 20 August 1794. The battle, a decisive American victory over Native American and British opponents, effectively ended the Northwest Indian War, securing the Old Northwest for settlement.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers (20 August 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Northwestern Confederacy and their British allies, against the nascent United States for control of the Northwest Territory.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument or Anthony Wayne Memorial is a statuary group created by Bruce Saville. [1]It was dedicated in 1929 at the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers which took place on August 20, 1794.
The fort was built at the direction of Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne in the second week of August 1794 at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers. It was one of a line of defenses constructed by American forces in the campaign leading to the Northwest Indian War's Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794.
The American Battlefield Trust, a non-profit battlefield land preservation organization, has been involved with its partners in saving more than 1,401 acres (567 ha) of the Shiloh and Fallen Timbers battlefields in 30 different transactions from 2001 to 2023. [271]
The site of the fort was incorporated with the Fallen Timbers Battlefield into Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site in 1999, under Pub. L. 106–164 (text). The site is managed by the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks), in partnership with the Ohio Historical Society, and is an affiliated ...
Wells was wounded a few days before the Battle of Fallen Timbers when, on a dare, he led his group of spies into a camp of 15 Delaware warriors and struck up a casual conversation. The spies fled when they were finally discovered, but Wells was shot in the hand and received fractures to his wrist. [8]
Battle of Fallen Timbers: August 20, 1794 near modern Maumee, Ohio: Northwest Indian War 77 [9] Western Confederacy vs United States of America Battle of Marblehead Peninsula [10] September 29, 1812 modern Marblehead, Ohio: War of 1812 [11] 48 Tecumseh's confederacy vs United States citizens Siege of Fort Meigs [12] April 28 - May 9, 1813 ...