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Metadata
Title |
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe map |
Object Name |
Map |
Catalog Number |
2025.0085.0001 |
People |
Brummett, Thomas J. Daviess, Joseph Hamilton Harrison, William Henry Tecumseh |
Date |
1897 |
Scope & Content |
Copy of an 1897 map of the deployment of Governor William H. Harrison's army at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7,1811 near present day Lafayette, Indiana. Killed at the battle was Major Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811), an attorney from Kentucky, leading a cavalry charge against Native American warriors. The American troops were victorious and Prophetstown, a multi-tribal Indian community established in 1808 by Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief and warrior, was destroyed. Joseph Daviess moved to Kentucky as a young boy in 1779 with his family. He became an attorney, settled in Danville, Kentucky, and was appointed the U.S. Attorney for Kentucky. In 1806 he prosecuted Aaron Burr on a charge of levying war against a nation at peace with the United States, but the prosecution failed. In 1811 he joined Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison's army commanding Kentucky volunteers. In addition to Daviess County, Indiana, counties in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri have been named for Major Daviess. This was one item in a collection donated in 2025 by Tom Brummett to the Daviess County Museum about Major Daviess and the Battle of Tippecanoe. |
Search Terms |
Battle of Tippecanoe Military |