Asa Hartshorne | |
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Born | Connecticut |
Died | 30 June 1794 Fort Recovery, Ohio |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | Army |
Years of service | 1787 - 1794 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | First American Regiment, Legion of the United States |
Battles / wars | Hartshorne's Defeat, Hardin's Defeat, Siege of Fort Recovery † |
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Asa Hartshorne was a United States Army officer who died in 1794 during the Northwest Indian War. He was among the signers of the Treaty with the Six Nations and the Treaty with the Wyandot at Fort Harmar on January 9, 1789. Hartshorne became the namesake of a 1790 frontier skirmish near Maysville, Kentucky.