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{{Short description|1779 battle}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict = Battle of Chillicothe
|partof = the [[American Revolutionary War]]
|image = Old Chillicothe Site.jpg
|image_size = 300px
|caption = A photograph of the site of [[Chalahgawtha#Old Chillicothe|Old Chillicothe]]
|date = May 29, 1779
|place = [[Chalahgawtha#Old Chillicothe|Old Chillicothe]], [[Ohio Country]]
|result = American victory
|combatant1 = {{flagcountry|US|1777}}
|combatant2 = [[Shawnee]]
|commander1 = {{flagd|US|1777}} [[John Bowman (pioneer)|John Bowman]] <br /> {{flagd|US|1777}} [[Benjamin Logan]] <br /> {{flagd|US|1777}} [[Levi Todd]]
|commander2 = [[Blackfish (Shawnee leader)|Blackfish]]{{DOW}}
|strength1 = 296 militia
|strength2 = Unknown
|casualties1 = 8 killed and 4 wounded<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ohioarchological19ohio/page/456/mode/2up Ohio Archaeological and Historical Vol 19 pp.456-459]</ref>
|casualties2 = 4–5 killed<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ohioarchological19ohio/page/456/mode/2up Ohio Archaeological and Historical Vol 19 pp.456-459]</ref>
|campaignbox = {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Western}}
}}

The '''Battle of Chillicothe''' was a military engagement of the [[western theater of the American Revolutionary War]]. In May 1779, Colonel [[John Bowman (pioneer)|John Bowman]] of the [[Kentucky County, Virginia|Kentucky County]] militia, accompanied by [[Benjamin Logan]] and [[Levi Todd]], led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee settlement of [[Chalahgawtha#Old Chillicothe|Old Chillicothe]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ohioarchological19ohio/page/456/mode/2up "Bowman's Expedition Against Chillicothe: May-June, 1779"] ''[[Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications]]'' 19 (1910): 446–59.</ref><ref name="Faust">Faust, Albert Bernhardt. ''The German Element in the United States, Vol. I''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909. (pg. 372)</ref><ref>Esarey, Logan. ''A History of Indiana: From its Exploration to 1850, Vol. I''. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1918. (pg. 88)</ref><ref name="James">James, Alton James. ''George Rogers Clark Papers, 1771-1781''. Virginia Series, Vol. III. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1912.</ref><ref>Pieper, Thomas I and James B. Gidney. ''Fort Laurens, 1778-79: The Revolutionary War in Ohio''. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1980. (pg. 74) {{ISBN|0-87338-240-4}}</ref> 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 163 horses valued at $32,000. Although initially blamed for a defeat, as well as the dozen casualties suffered by the Americans, Bowman and Logan were eventually credited by some with a major victory for the [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]]. With the destruction of a major Shawnee settlement and the death of [[Blackfish (Shawnee leader)|Blackfish]], additional war parties were discouraged from moving against American settlers in Kentucky.<ref>Zeisberger, David; Hermann Wellenreuther and Carola Wessel, ed. ''The Moravian Mission Diaries of David Zeisberger''. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. (pg. 506) {{ISBN|0-271-02522-0}}</ref> According to [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in ''The Winning of the West'', "the expedition undoubtedly accomplished more than Clark's [[Battle of Piqua|attack on Piqua]] next year."<ref name="Faust"/>

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