Wabash 1791
St Clair’s defeat
John F Winkler author Peter Dennis illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:20th Nov '11
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A highly illustrated account of the first major battle of the new United States of America, a dramatic defeat at the hands of a confederation of Native American tribes.
"Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat".The battle of the Wabash, or St Clair's Defeat, was the greatest ever victory of American Indians over US Army forces. In 1791, Revolutionary War commander Arthur St Clair led a hastily recruited American army into Ohio in an attempt to wrest control of the area from its Indian inhabitants. Hindered by geographical ignorance, difficult terrain, bad weather, and a lack of supplies, the Americans advanced slowly through the wilderness. After a month, they reached the Wabash River, where an Indian army awaited them. On a cold November morning, the Indians attacked at dawn and three hours later the Americans fled, having suffered more than 60 percent casualties. In this book, author John F. Winkler re-examines the US Army's frontier disaster, analyzing what they did wrong and how the Indians achieved their crushing victory.
ISBN: 9781849086769
Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 8mm
Weight: 327g
96 pages