Battle of Fallen Timbers

Battle of Fallen Timbers
	Part of the Northwest Indian War
	; Charge of the Dragoons at Fallen Timbers by R. T. Zogbaum, 1895
Date	20 August 1794
Location	Maumee, Ohio, U.S.41°32′39″N 83°41′51″W
Result	United States victory Treaty of Greenville;
Belligerents
United States	Northwestern Confederacy ; Lower Canada
Commanders and leaders
Anthony Wayne ; James Wilkinson ; Jean Hamtramck ; Charles Scott	Blue Jacket ; Egushawa ; Little Turtle ; Buckongahelas ; William Caldwell
Strength
3,000	1,300
Casualties and losses
33 killed ; 100 wounded	25–40 killed
	Battle of Fallen Timbers Location within Ohio

The Battle of Fallen Timbers (20 August 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Northwestern Confederacy and their British allies, against the nascent United States for control of the Northwest Territory. The battle took place amid trees toppled by a tornado near the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio at the site of the present-day city of Maumee, Ohio.

Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne's Legion of the United States, supported by General Charles Scott's Kentucky Militia, were victorious against a combined Native American force of Shawnee under Blue Jacket, Ottawas under Egushawa, and many others. The battle was brief, lasting little more than one hour, but it scattered the confederated Native American forces. The U.S. victory ended major hostilities in the region. The following Treaty of Greenville and Jay Treaty forced Native American displacement from most of modern-day Ohio, opening it to White American settlement, along with withdrawal of the British presence from the southern Great Lakes region of the United States.

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