Northwest Indian War
and the "Legion of the United States"
This war took place in the very earliest days of the United States and comprehensive military records were often lost, poorly maintained, or burned when the British destroyed Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812. Militia records may be found in Kentucky-specific archives. ~Pat Asher
Militia Records
- Kentucky Militia Casualties, Adair's Defeat - Kentucky National Guard
- Kentucky Militia Casualties - Battle of Fallen Timbers
- The Filson Historical Society and Kentucky Historical Society - Individual payrolls, land bounties, and casualties from the Harmar and St. Clair campaigns.
- Fort Recovery Historical Society & Museum - Maintains records of the soldiers whose remains were recovered and identified.
- Fort St. Clair Cemetery - Kentucky Militia casualties killed in action here.
- American Militia in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796 - Militia participating in St. Clair's defeat, Anthony Wayne's expeditions, and other campaigns in areas north of the Ohio River; Ancestry.com ($)
Personalities
- John Adair - Major in Kentucky Militia and 8th Governor of Kentucky
- John Hardin - Colonel in Kentucky Militia
- Josiah Harmar - Commander of the "First American Regiment"
- Simon Kenton - Frontiersman and soldier
- Charles Scott - General in Kentucky Militia and 4th Governor of Kentucky
- Arthur St. Clair - Governor of Northwest Territory
- Anthony Wayne - Commander of the "Legion of the United States"
- American people of the Northwest Indian War - Wikipedia biographies of regular soldiers, officers, militia, and politicians
General
- Articles of Confederation (1777) - National Archives
- Northwest Indian War - Wikipedia
- The Fifty-Year War for the Old Northwest - Americana Corner
- America's First Conquest - American Battlefield Trust
- First Settlement - Kentucky National Guard
- First American Regiment - The Army Historical Foundation
- Harmar Campaign - Wikipedia
- St. Clair's Defeat - Wikipedia
- St. Clair's Defeat - Forgotten Disaster of the Indian Wars - Legends of America
- Legion of the United States - Wikipedia
- Legion of the United States - Americal Division Veterans Association
- Legionville, Pennsylvania - First home of the "Legion"
- "Mad Anthony" Wayne and Legionville - Beaver County (PA) History Online
- Legion Ville Historical Society
- Frontier Forts of Anthony Wayne - American Heroes Blog
- Battle of Fallen Timbers - Wikipedia
- Battle of Fallen Timbers" - Army Historical Foundation
- Indian Attacks and the Cornstalk Militia - Kentucky National Guard
- Little Turtle's War - Potawatomi.org
- 1794 Jay Treaty - Wikipedia
- 1795 Treaty of Greenville - Wikipedia