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- Abbreviations used
- United States
- Tecumseh's Confederacy
- References
- Sources
The following units of the U.S. Army and state militia forces under Indiana Governor William Henry Harrison, fought against the Native American warriors of Tecumseh's Confederacy, led by Chief Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa "The Prophet" at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. Abbreviations used- w = wounded
- k = killed
- m = missing
United StatesGovernor William Henry Harrison, Commander-in-Chief[1]- Second-in-Command - Acting Brig. Gen. John Parker Boyd[2]
- Aide-de-camp - Col. Abraham Owen (k)
Headquarters - Yellow Jackets - Capt. Spier Spencer (k)
- Spies and Guides - Capt. Toussaint Dubois
Brigade | Battalion | Companies | Infantry Brigade[3]
Col. John Parker Boyd
- George Croghan, aide-de-camp
| Front Line 4th U.S. Infantry
Maj. George Rogers Clark Floyd - Company of Capt. William C. Baen (Lt. Charles Larrabee)
- Company of Capt. Josiah Snelling
- Company of Capt. George W. Prescott
- Company of Capt. Return B. Brown
- 7th Infantry Company of Lt. Jacob Allbright
- Rifle Regiment Company of Lt. Abraham Hawkins
| Front Line Indiana Militia
Lt. Col. Joseph Bartholomew (w) - Company of Capt. Thomas Scott
- Company of Capt. Andrew Wilkins
| Rear Line 4th U.S. Infantry
Capt. William C. Baen (mw) - Company of Capt. Robert C. Barton
- Company of Capt. Joel Cook
- Company of Lt. George Peters (w)
| Rear Line Indiana Militia
Lt. Col. Luke Decker (w) - Company of Capt. Walter Wilson
- Company of Capt. William Hargrove
- Company of Capt. Jacob Warrick (k)
- Company of Capt. John Norris (w)
| Cavalry
| Dragoon Reserve
Maj. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss[4](k) - Light Dragoons, Indiana Militia - Capt. Benjamin Parke
- Light Dragoons, Indiana Militia - Capt. Charles Beggs
- Light Dragoons, Indiana Militia - Capt. Peter Funk
| Light Dragoons
Maj. Samuel Wells - Kentucky Mounted Riflemen - Capt. Frederick Geiger (w)
- Mounted Riflemen - Capt. James Bigger
- Indiana Mounted Riflemen - Capt. David Robb
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Tecumseh's ConfederacyTenskwatawa (500-700 warriors)[5]- Wea - White Loon (Wawpawwawqua)
- Potawatomi - Winamac
- Miami - Stone Eater
References1. ^Tunnell, Appendix B 2. ^Colonel Boyd served as second-in-command of the expedition with the rank of "acting brigadier general". He also acted as brigade commander of all field units and commander of all regular army units (Tunnell, Appendix B) 3. ^Tunnel p.127 4. ^Pirtle p.36 5. ^In the absence of Tecumseh command of the Confederacy fell to his brother, Tenskwatawa, who was not a war chief but a spiritual leader. Tenskwatawa nevertheless authorized the attack at Prophetstown (Tunnell). The attacking force was led by White Loon, Winamac and Stone Eater (Pirtle p.56)
Sources- {{cite book|author=Pirtle, Alfred.|publisher=John P. Morton & Co./ Library Reprints|year=1900|location=Louisville|title=The Battle of Tippecanoe| pages=158 |isbn=978-0-7222-6509-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvA7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1&dq=Pirtle,+Alfred.+(1900).+The+Battle+of+Tippecanoe}} as read to the Filson Club.
- {{cite book |title=To Compel with Armed Force: A Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Tippecanoe |last=Tunnell, IV |first=H.D. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1998 |publisher=Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College |location=Fort Leavenworth, KS |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/StaffRideHB_ToCompelWithArmedForce.pdf}}
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