TIPPECANOE
BATTLEFIELD
     November 7, 1811
National Historic Site



Marker Reads:
THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE
November 7, 1811
Here on this site, military forces commanded by General William Henry Harrison, engaged in battle with the Indians of the Wabash country led by The Prophet, brother of the great Indian leader, Tecumseh.  This battle destroyed forever the hope of Tecumseh for a complete Indian Confederacy, launched Harrison toward the Presidency of the United States twenty-nine years later, and is considered one of the primary events leading to conflict between the United States and Great Britain in the War of 1812. 
  Photos by Adina Dyer © 1998

 
 
A View of the Battlefield Today

 
 
The Battlefield Monument

 
 
The Battlefield Chapel, built ca. 1850
Harrisonville Cemetery

 

List of Men Who Died in the Battle and
Tombstones of the Officers



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