What the records say
- When
- May 1779
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.73° N, 83.94° W
- Description
- 1779 battle
Battle of Chillicothe
1779 battle
The Battle of Chillicothe was a military engagement 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 settlement of Old Chillicothe. Dividing their forces, Bowman and Logan attacked the town from two sides but were eventually repulsed.
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