page_title: Battle of Chillicothe
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Chillicothe
caption_attribution_description: English: A garden (foreground) and fields (background) on the western side of Oldtown, an unincorporated community in Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. The fields are part of the Old Chillicothe Site, where a Shawnee village once lay; here Simon Kenton ran the gauntlet. Today, it is recognized as a potential archaeological site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: The Battle of Chillicothe was part of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War.
  In May 1779, Colonel John Bowman of the Kentucky County militia, accompanied by Benjamin Logan and Levi Todd, led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee town of Chillicothe. Dividing their forces, Bowman and Logan attacked the town from two sides but were eventually repulsed.
  Unable to draw the Shawnee from their single blockhouse, Bowman burned much of the town and left with between 30 and 300 horses valued at $32,000. Although initially blamed for a defeat, as well as the eight or ten casualties suffered, Bowman and Logan were eventually credited by some with a major victory for the Kentuckians. With the destruction of a major Shawnee settlement and the death of Chief Blackfish, additional war parties were discouraged from moving against Kentucky colonists. According to Theodore Roosevelt in The Winning of the West, "the expedition undoubtedly accomplished more than Clark's attack on Piqua next year."
context_section_description: The Battle of Chillicothe was part of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War.
  In May 1779, Colonel John Bowman of the Kentucky County militia, accompanied by Benjamin Logan and Levi Todd, led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee town of Chillicothe. Dividing their forces, Bowman and Logan attacked the town from two sides but were eventually repulsed.
  Unable to draw the Shawnee from their single blockhouse, Bowman burned much of the town and left with between 30 and 300 horses valued at $32,000. Although initially blamed for a defeat, as well as the eight or ten casualties suffered, Bowman and Logan were eventually credited by some with a major victory for the Kentuckians. With the destruction of a major Shawnee settlement and the death of Chief Blackfish, additional war parties were discouraged from moving against Kentucky colonists. According to Theodore Roosevelt in The Winning of the West, "the expedition undoubtedly accomplished more than Clark's attack on Piqua next year."
caption: Site of the Shawnee village of Old Chillicothe, located at the present community of Oldtown near where the Battle of Chillicothe took place.
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