LEADER 04840nam 2200661 450 001 9910826651903321 005 20230807211237.0 010 $a0-19-938801-6 010 $a0-19-938800-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000222391 035 $a(OCoLC)891400262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10909662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001292872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12521017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001292872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11284584 035 $a(PQKB)10875058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1767695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1767695 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10909662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL637422 035 $a(OCoLC)923709412 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000222391 100 $a20140831h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe victory with no name $ethe Native American defeat of the first American army /$fColin G. Calloway 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-06171-8 311 $a0-19-938799-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Confederations : America in 1790 -- 2. Building a Nation on Indian Land -- 3. The U.S. Invades Ohio -- 4. The Indian Resistance Movement -- 5. Battle with No Name -- 6. Recriminations and Reversal -- Epilogues. 330 2 $a"A balanced and readable account of the 1791 battle between St. Clair's US forces and an Indian coalition in the Ohio Valley, one of the most important and under-recognized events of its time"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 2 $a"In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States Army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Miami River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated, suffering nearly one thousand casualties in killed and wounded, while Indian casualties numbered only a few dozen. But despite the lopsided result, it wouldn't appear to carry much significance; it involved only a few thousand people, lasted less than three hours, and the outcome, which was never in doubt, was permanently reversed a mere three years later. Neither an epic struggle nor a clash that changed the course of history, the battle doesn't even have a name. Yet, as renowned Native American historian Colin Calloway demonstrates here, St. Clair's Defeat--as it came to be known--was hugely important for its time. It was both the biggest victory the Native Americans ever won, and, proportionately, the biggest military disaster the United States had suffered. With the British in Canada waiting in the wings for the American experiment in republicanism to fail, and some regions of the West gravitating toward alliance with Spain, the defeat threatened the very existence of the infant United States. Generating a deluge of reports, correspondence, opinions, and debates in the press, it produced the first congressional investigation in American history, while ultimately changing not only the manner in which Americans viewed, raised, organized, and paid for their armies, but the very ways in which they fought their wars. Emphasizing the extent to which the battle has been overlooked in history, Calloway illustrates how this moment of great victory by American Indians became an aberration in the national story and a blank spot in the national memory. Calloway shows that St. Clair's army proved no match for the highly motivated and well-led Native American force that shattered not only the American Army but the ill-founded assumption that Indians stood no chance against European methods and models of warfare. An engaging and enlightening read for American history enthusiasts and scholars alike, The Victory with No Name brings this significant moment in American history back to light"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSt. Clair's Campaign, 1791 606 $aBattles$zOhio River Valley$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aIndians of North America$xWars$zOhio River Valley 606 $aIndians of North America$xWars$y1790-1794 615 0$aSt. Clair's Campaign, 1791. 615 0$aBattles$xHistory 615 0$aIndians of North America$xWars 615 0$aIndians of North America$xWars 676 $a977.004/9709033 686 $aHIS028000$aHIS027000$aHIS037050$2bisacsh 700 $aCalloway$b Colin G$g(Colin Gordon),$f1953-$0916276 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826651903321 996 $aThe victory with no name$94021691 997 $aUNINA