Siege of Prairie du Chien

Siege of Prairie du Chien
	Part of the War of 1812
Date	July 17–20, 1814
Location	Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin43°02′40″N 91°08′50″W / 43.04444°N 91.14722°W
Result	British-Native American victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Native Americans	United States
Commanders and leaders
William McKay	Joseph Perkins
Strength
77 Canadian militia; Native Americans:; Menominee; Winnebago; Fox; *(Total force approximately 650)	61 Army regulars; 140 volunteers
Casualties and losses
3 wounded	7 wounded prisoners; 53 captured

The Siege of Prairie du Chien was a British victory in the far western theater of the War of 1812. During the war, Prairie du Chien was a small frontier settlement with residents loyal to both American and British causes. By 1814, both nations were anxious to control the site because of its importance to the fur trade and its strategic location at the intersection of the Mississippi River and the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a transportation route linking the Mississippi with the Great Lakes.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Gilpin, p. 249
^ Eaton, p. 20, which reports the killed and wounded from the official U.S. casualty return. Gilpin and other sources give only 5 American wounded for the engagement
^ Mary Elise Antoine, The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: the battle for Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016)

[Gilpin249-1] Gilpin, p. 249

[Eaton20-2] Eaton, p. 20, which reports the killed and wounded from the official U.S. casualty return. Gilpin and other sources give only 5 American wounded for the engagement

[3] Mary Elise Antoine, The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: the battle for Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016)

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