Siege of Fort Henry (1777)

Siege of Fort Henry
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Illustration of Fort Henry
DateSeptember 1 or September 21, 1777
Location40°03′50″N 80°43′30″W / 40.06389°N 80.72500°W / 40.06389; -80.72500
Result Inconclusive
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.