The Soldiers Fell Like Autumn Leaves: The Battle of the Wabash, the United States' Greatest Defeat in the Wars Against Indigenous Peoples

by Rick M. Shoenfield

Along the Wabash River near present-day Fort Recovery, Ohio, on November 4, 1791, the Maumee Confederation of Indigenous tribes destroyed a superior American army led by Revolutionary War veteran General Arthur St. Clair. The victory was so complete, that the Shawnee recalled that the "the ground was covered with the dead and the dying." Also known as "St. Clair's Defeat" and "The Battle With No Name"--since the US forces did not know where they were--the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594164231
• ISBN13: 9781594164231
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"