Piqua

The Battle of Piqua was part of Col. George Rogers Clark’s campaign against the Shawnee. On August 8, 1780, Clark divided his force of 1000 troops to surround the Shawnee village of Piqua. Native American warriors pressed Clarke’s left flank to draw his forces from the village, but failed. Clark’s militia defeated the Shawnee and their allies and destroyed the village.

Following the battle of Piqua, Native American aggression in the region stopped for over a year. The Battle of Piqua was the largest of the American Revolution west of the Allegheny Mountains. The combined British-Native American forces were never again strong enough to form an offensive posture towards the American troops. and for the remainder of the war were reduced to defensive tactics and sporadic raiding.