siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Siege of Fort Recovery

Name: Siege of Fort Recovery
Start: 1794-06-30
Location: Fort Recovery, Ohio, United States

Siege of Fort Recovery was a siege conducted on 30 June 1794 at Fort Recovery, in what is now Ohio, United States. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: ~250 against ~1,200.

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Fought30 June 1794

WhereFort Recovery, Ohio, United States40.412N, 84.778W

OutcomeAmerican victory

BelligerentsUnited States; Chickasaw; ChoctawagainstNorthwestern Confederacy; Lower Canada

Casualties and losses35 killed; 43 wounded; 20 missingand~17–50 killed; ~100 wounded

Record

Date	30 June 1794
Place	Fort Recovery, Ohio, United States 40.412N, 84.778W
Kind	Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	~250	~1,200
Casualties and losses	35 killed; 43 wounded; 20 missing	~17–50 killed; ~100 wounded
Commanders	Asa Hartshorn	Egushawa Blue Jacket Matthew Elliott (loyalist)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

St. Clair's Defeat 1791, 6.3 km S
Siege of Fort Wayne 1812, 80 km N
Battle of Piqua 1780, 92 km SE
Battle of Chillicothe 1779, 104 km SE
Siege of Dunlap's Station 1791, 125 km S

Elsewhere in 1794

Siege of Fort Recovery is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (12 in Ohio).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510022, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fort Recovery, revision 1370110463, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.