Arthur St. Clair
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Arthur St. Clair was a Scottish-born American military officer and politician. Born in Thurso, Caithness, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in the Province
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1783
A Narrative printed by Jane Aitken
St. Clair signed check while Governor of Northwest Territory (1796)
St. Clair's defeat
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St. Clair's defeat, also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was a battle fought on 4 November 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the Unite
Arthur St. Clair
…the Northwest Territory in 1788, which was further enlarged by the portion that would become Ohio in 1800. In 1791, he commanded an American army in St. Clair's defeat, which became the greatest victory achieved by Native Americans against the United States. Politically out-of-step with the Jefferson administration…
1895 illustration of the battle by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum
This lithograph of Little Turtle is reputedly based upon a lost portrait by Gilbert Stuart that was destroyed when the British burned Washington in 1814.
General Richard Butler
Portrait of William Darke by Frederick Kemmelmeyer made after the battle