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Battle of Moraviantown, 1813 (Battle of the Thames)
Photo by contributor Florin Marksteiner - Posted May, 2014
Photo by contributor Florin Marksteiner - Posted May, 2014
Photo by contributor Florin Marksteiner - Posted September, 2014
Photo by contributor Florin Marksteiner - Posted May, 2014
Photo Source - Wikimedia
Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons
Plaque Location
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent
On Road 2 (Longwoods Road) at street number 14376
4.2 km east of Road 21 in Thamesville
Coordinates: N 42 33.920 W 81 55.834 |
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Plaque Text
In September 1813, during the second year of the War of 1812, the United States won control of Lake Erie, cutting British supply lines with the east and forcing the British to withdraw from the Detroit River region. Then, on October 5, 1813, 3,000 Americans, including their Aboriginal allies, defeated 950 British, Canadians, and Natives at this site. Among those killed was the famous Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, who had worked to unite the First Nations in neighbouring American territory to resist settler expansion into their homelands and unwanted influence in their lives. The battle placed a small part of Upper Canada under enemy occupation until 1815, when the War of 1812 ended and it returned to British control. Tecumseh's dream, however, largely died with him, as the war only delayed American expansion into Indigenous territory in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.
Another plaque at this location
Tecumseh 1768-1813
Related Ontario plaque
The Capture of Detroit
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