Harmar’s Defeat: The 1790 Battle of Kekionga

Harmar's Defeat: The 1790 Battle of Kekionga

Date/Time
Date(s) - May 5, 2024
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location The History Center

Presented by William Heath

Harmar’s Defeat in the Fall of 1790 (also known as the Battle of Kekionga) was a crucial military conflict in the struggle for the Old Northwest. Consisting of two separate clashes, one by the Eel River and the other in the heart of present-day Fort Wayne, this battle is rarely discussed in detail by even the most prominent historians of the period and often receives only cursory attention in other studies, which get many details wrong. Furthermore, the events leading up to the battle are often vaguely and incorrectly presented.

Book signing to follow lecture.