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"Tecumseh Stone", Fort Malden National Historic Site Turtle-shell Tecumseh Monument at the site of the Battle of the Thames Tecumseh is honored in Canada as a hero and military commander who played a major role in Canada's successful repulsion of an American invasion in the War of 1812, which, among other things, eventually led to Canada's nationhood in 1867 with the British North America Act.
Tecumseh was born in what is now Ohio at a time when the far-flung Shawnees were reuniting in their Ohio Country homeland. During his childhood, the Shawnees lost territory to the expanding American colonies in a series of border conflicts. Tecumseh's father was killed in battle against American colonists in 1774.
Brookside Cemetery is a historic cemetery located along North Union Street in the city of Tecumseh in northern Lenawee County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986.
Tecumseh is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the River Raisin. Tecumseh is about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Detroit , 25 miles (40 km) south of Ann Arbor , and 40 miles (64 km) north of Toledo, Ohio .
The next sibling in the family was a brother named Nehaaseemoo. Because a tradition claimed that Tecumseh had two sisters, one 20th century Tecumseh biographer decided that Nehaaseemoo must have been a female, but Sugden (1997) argues the evidence is incontrovertible that he was male. [11] Tecumseh, the fifth child of the family, was born ...
The Tecumseh Historic District is a residential historic district located in the city of Tecumseh in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States.It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1984.
Saint Elizabeth's Church, also known as the Old Stone Church, is a historic church located at 302 East Chicago Boulevard in downtown Tecumseh in Lenawee County, Michigan, USA. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on May 8, 1986, and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1986.
William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; [4] [5] February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched-earth policies, which he ...