Siege of Fort Meigs

Siege of Fort Meigs
Part of the War of 1812 and Tecumseh's War
Fort Meigs
Date 28 April 1813 – 9 May 1813 Location Present-day Perrysburg, Ohio Result American victory[1][2][3][4] British abandon siege[5]
Belligerents
United Kingdom Native Americans  Upper Canada	United States
Commanders and leaders
Henry Procter Tecumseh Roundhead	William Henry Harrison Green Clay 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[6] Indians 19 killed and wounded Total 121[7]	160 killed 190 wounded 100 wounded prisoners 530 captured 6 missing Total 986[8]

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.