Siege of Fort Meigs

Siege of Fort Meigs
Part of the War of 1812 and Tecumseh's War

Fort Meigs
Date28 April 1813 – 9 May 1813
Location
Present-day Perrysburg, Ohio
Result American victory[1][2][3][4]
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Native Americans
 Upper Canada
United States United States
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Procter
Tecumseh
Roundhead
United States William Henry Harrison
United States Green Clay
United States William Dudley 
Strength
1,250 Native Americans
433 regulars
462 Canadian militia
1,200 regulars
1,600 militia
Casualties and losses
British
14 killed
47 wounded
41 captured[5]
Indians
19 killed and wounded
Total
121[6]
160 killed
190 wounded
100 wounded prisoners
530 captured
6 missing
Total
986[7]

The siege of Fort Meigs took place in late April to early May 1813 during the War of 1812 in northwestern Ohio, present-day Perrysburg. A small British Army unit with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, and its Fort Detroit in the Great Lakes region which the British from the north in Canada had captured the previous year. An American sortie and relief attempt failed with heavy casualties, but the British failed to capture the fort and were forced to raise the siege.

  1. ^ Nelson, p. 41
  2. ^ battlefields.org
  3. ^ "...leaving the Americans with a victory."
  4. ^ Averill p.29 "...Proctor raised the siege and retreated..."
  5. ^ Sugden, p. 338
  6. ^ Cruikshank, p. 297
  7. ^ Eaton, pp. 8-9; Wood, p. 39; Lossing, p. 485; Gilpin, pp. 188-189 and 193