Wednesday, September 4 (7:00 pm) – Saturday, September 7, 2019 (5:00pm)
Led by: Edward G. Lengel
HQ: Findlay, Ohio
Tour Registration: $495.00
This tour follows the courses of three dramatic campaigns in the Northwest Territory from 1790-1794, beginning with Gen. Josiah Harmar’s inconclusive campaign of 1790; moving on to Gen. Arthur St. Clair’s disastrous Wabash campaign of 1791; and finishing with Gen. Anthony Wayne’s decisive campaign of 1794, which climaxed at Fallen Timbers and broke Indian power in the Northwest Territory.
We begin day one by traveling through the old centers of Native American power from northwest Ohio into what is now Indiana, culminating at several sites in the vicinity of Kekionga, now Fort Wayne. These include the sites of the village and home of his nemesis Chief Little Turtle of the Miami tribe. Then we’ll inspect sites of multiple engagements from Harmar’s 1790 campaign, including the Battle of Heller’s Corner or Hardin’s Defeat, October 19 (although the placement is controversial and the official marker has been removed); Hartshorn’s Defeat, October 20; and finally the Battle of the Pumpkin Fields, also known as Harmar’s Defeat, October 22. Nearby, we will also take a look at the site of Anthony Wayne’s fort, built in 1794.
On day two, we will pick up the path of General Arthur St. Clair’s 1791 Wabash Campaign, which began at Fort Washington in what is now downtown Cincinnati, at Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Now a park, this is where St. Clair’s army camped from October 13-24, and to which it retreated after its defeat. A short distance away in Greenville, Ohio, is the site of Fort Green Ville, once the largest fort in North America and which Gen. Anthony Wayne had constructed in 1793; the Garst Museum includes extensive exhibits on the fort. Continuing in St. Clair’s path, we will visit the sites of his final two camps at Sulphur Springs and Mississinewa before continuing to the battle site in Fort Recovery, Ohio. Although the battlefield has been developed, we can still walk its traces and visit the Fort Recovery Monument and Museum, which includes artifacts recovered from the field of Battle of the Wabash, which took place on November 3, 1791, as well as a subsequent battle that took place at the beginning of Wayne’s 1794 campaign.
On day three, we trace Gen. Anthony Wayne’s decisive 1794 campaign. His force wintered 1793-94 at Fort Green Ville, which we visited on day two. Today we begin where we left off at Fort Recovery, where a major Indian attack on the fort failed on June 30, 1794. We follow Wayne’s progress through repeated camps established that summer, including at the site of Fort Adams (although here again the marker is missing), and Fort Defiance at Old Fort Defiance State Park. Next we follow Wayne’s final August 1794 advance up the Maumee River, passing the site of Fort Deposit, which the army reached on August 18 two days before the final battle. We complete our tour in Maumee, Ohio, touring the sites of the Fallen Timbers battlefield and nearby Fort Miamis, which the British occupied from 1794 until the end of the War of 1812, and from which they supplied the Native Americans opposing Wayne.
What’s included: motor coach transportation, three lunches, beverage and snack breaks, a map and materials package, all admissions and gratuities, and the services of an experienced tour guide and historian. Tour participants are responsible for transportation to the headquarters hotel, and securing a room reservation, if necessary. Dinner is on your own. Tour goes out rain or shine. Please see our policy page for information about cancellations
Hotel: We have arranged with the headquarters hotel for a group rate of $114.00 per night plus tax (double or single occupancy) which includes a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast. Our hotel will be the Holiday Inn Express North Findlay, 1920 Express Way, Findlay, OH 45840. To make a reservation, please call the hotel at 567-271-0330 and ask for America’s History LLC’s group rate. This rate is guaranteed until August 8, 2019. If you have any problems, please contact Bruce Venter at 703-785-4373.
Our Tour Guide/Historian: Dr. Edward G. Lengel is an independent historian who was director and editor in chief of the Papers of George Washington Project and a history professor at the University of Virginia. He is an award-winning author of four books on George Washington including the critically acclaimed General George Washington: A Military Biography. His forthcoming book is a biography of “Light Horse Harry” Lee. He is a much sought after lecturer and tour guide. Ed is also the author of several books on World War I, including To Conquer Hell, Thunder and Flames and the recently released Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion.
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