Worst defeat of the U.S. Army in the Indian wars (per legacy row)
- When
- 1791
- Where
- battlefield in present-day Mercer County, Ohio (per legacy row)
- Part of
- St. Clair's Defeat
The legacy discovery row records 630 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of civilians killed, the U.S. Army's worst loss in fighting against American Indians.
According to the legacy discovery row, St. Clair's Defeat cost the United States Army 630 soldiers killed, along with hundreds of civilian camp followers who died in the fighting. No other defeat is said to have inflicted greater losses on the U.S. Army in its wars against American Indians. The supplied passages do not independently confirm these casualty figures or the superlative characterization, so they are retained only as attributed claims from the discovery row.
Sources
- Battle of the Wabash Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-18
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