Report in aftermath of St. Clair defeat
Document 1791A sick and bedridden St. Clair provides Knox an account of the ill fortune that befell his army during its November engagements with the Miami Indians. St. Clair is governor of the Northwest Territory.
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A sick and bedridden St. Clair provides Knox an account of the ill fortune that befell his army during its November engagements with the Miami Indians. St. Clair is governor of the Northwest Territory.
Date
11/24/1791
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1791112451800
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Mr. Denny
large party of volunteers
savages
General Scott
Captain Slough
Indians
Captain Gibson
Captain Darke
Colonel Gibson
Colonel Darke
Major Hamtramck
Major Prescott
troops
Captain Haskel's company
Second Regiment
Mr. Tillinghast
Maryland battalion
Faulkner's corps
quartermaster
Colonel Logan
Lieutenant Prior
Mr. Wade
Major Ziegler
artillerymen
Little Turtle
Notable locations
Ohio
Lexington
Kentucky
Fort Jefferson
Fort Hamilton
Fort Jefferson
the Wabash
Pittsburgh
Fort Franklin
Muskingham
Gallipolis
Post Vincennes
Fort Knox
Fort Washington
Atlantic country
Notable items
authentic account of the disaster that befell us
severe blow might be given to the savages yet this winter
reinforcement
weather proved very unfavorable
snow had fallen there to a considerable depth
cold and fatigue during the march
feet are frostbitten
invalids and convalescents
charge of cowardice
embarkation of the troops
the levies
excessive rain
route through the wilderness
boats
waters were retiring
bread and tea are my sustenance
provisions and forage