What is Battle of Tippecanoe?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Tippecanoe | partof = [[American Indian Wars]] and [[Tecumseh's War]] | image = Tippecanoe.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = 19th-century depiction by [[Alonzo Chappel]] of the final charge that dispersed the Indians<ref>Sugden, facing 211.</ref> | date = November 7, 1811 | place = Near [[Battle Ground, Indiana|Battle Ground]], [[Tippecanoe County, Indiana]] | result = United States tactical victory<ref>Tunnell p. xvi</ref> | combatant1 = [[Tecumseh's Confederacy]] | combatant2 = {{flag|United States|1795}} | commander1 = [[Tenskwatawa]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|United States|1795}} [[William Henry Harrison]] | strength1 = 500–700 [[warrior]]s | strength2 = 250 infantry,<br />90 cavalry,<br />700 militia | casualties1 = Unknown <br /> Estimated 50–65 killed and 70–80 wounded | casualties2 = 62 killed,<br />126 wounded | campaignbox = |map_type=USA Indiana#USA |coordinates={{Coord|40.506|-86.845|display=it}} |map_relief=1 }} The '''Battle of Tippecanoe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɪ|p|i|k|ə|ˈ|n|uː}} {{respell|TIP|ee-kə|NOO|'}}) was fought on November 7, 1811 in [[Battle Ground, Indiana]] between American forces led by Governor [[William Henry Harrison]] of the [[Indiana Territory]] and forces associated with [[Shawnee]] leader [[Tecumseh]] and his brother [[Tenskwatawa]]. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to attack the confederacy's headquarters at [[Prophetstown State Park|Prophetstown]], near the confluence of the [[Tippecanoe River]] and the [[Wabash River]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Multistub|history|US}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1811 in the United States]] [[Category:History of Indiana]] [[Category:Battles involving the United States|Tippecanoe]] [[Category:William Henry Harrison]]