✦ History

Part of War of 1812

Siege of Fort Meigs

April 28 – May 9, 1813 · Siege of Fort Meigs

Result American victory

Harrison's new fort on the Maumee held out against Procter and Tecumseh.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

United Kingdom

United States
United Kingdom
Tecumseh's Confederacy
William Henry Harrison military commander Green Clay military commander William Dudley military commander
Tecumseh military commander Henry Procter military commander Roundhead military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
2,400
Casualties
977
Killed
161
Wounded
189
Captured
627

Units

Army of the Northwest (United States) Harrison's Army of the Northwest
Right Division (Upper Canada)