Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

by Colin G. Calloway

Book Overview

In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated, suffering nearly one thousand casualties in killed and wounded, while Indian casualties numbered only a few dozen. But despite the lopsided result, it wouldn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199387990
• ISBN13: 9780199387991
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.7"