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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.
w = wounded
k = killed
m = missing
Governor
William Henry Harrison , Commander-in-Chief
[1]
Headquarters
Brigade
Battalion
Companies
Infantry Brigade
[3]
Col.
John Parker Boyd
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
Tenskwatawa (500-700 warriors)
[5]
Tenskwatawa had around 500 warriors available, although estimates range from 350 to 1,000.
^ Tunnell, Appendix B
^ 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)
^ Tunnel p.127
^ Pirtle p.36
^ 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)
^ Winkler (2015), p. 34
^ Winkler (2015), p. 32