Western theater | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War, American Indian Wars | |||||||
The Fall of Fort Sackville, Frederick C. Yohn, 1923 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
American Indians |
Shawnee |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Western Department, George Rogers Clark, William Crawford †, Francisco Cruzat, Fernando de Leyba, et al. |
Henry Hamilton (POW), Arent DePeyster, Blackfish †, Captain Pipe, et al. |
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Strength | |||||||
700+ | 600+ | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
120+ | 40+ |
Shawnee
Miami
Lenape
Seneca
Wyandot
The Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was the area of conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains, the region which became the Northwest Territory of the United States as well as the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. The western war was fought primarily between American Indians with their British allies in Detroit, and American settlers south and east of the Ohio River.