Siege of Fort Henry | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Illustration of Fort Henry | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Wyandot Mingo Shawnee Lenape | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
David Shepherd Joseph Ogle Samuel Mason |
Buckongahelas Dunquat | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
under 100, plus 54 reinforcements | 200 - 300 Natives | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
23 killed (14 militia, 9 civilians) 5 wounded |
1 killed 9 wounded |
The siege of Fort Henry was an attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a multi tribal alliance in September 1777. The fort, named for Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, was at first defended by only a small number of militia, as rumors of the Indigenous American attack had moved faster than the Indigenous Americans, and a number of militia companies had left the fort. The American settlers were successful in repulsing the Indigenous American attack.