Western theater of the American Revolutionary War
Area of conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was the area of conflict west of the Appalachian Mountains, the region which became the Northwest Territory of the United States as well as what would become the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. The western war was fought between American Indians with their British allies in Detroit, and American settlers south and east of the Ohio River, and also the Spanish as allies of the latter.
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Part of the American Revolutionary and Indian Wars | |||||||
The Fall of Fort Sackville by F. C. Yohn shows the British surrender of Fort Sackville at Vincennes to George Rogers Clark, marking the beginning of the end of British domination in America’s western frontier. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Colonies (1775–1776) United States (1776–1782) Spain (from 1779) Quapaw (from 1779) |
Great Britain Chickasaw Shawnee Miami Lenape Seneca Wyandot | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George Rogers Clark William Crawford Fernando de Leyba Francisco Cruzat |
Henry Hamilton Arent DePeyster Blackfish † Captain Pipe | ||||||
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700+ | 600+ | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
120+ | 40+ |
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