Battle of Tippecanoe Monument with Statue of William Henry Harrison - Battle Ground, Indiana
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N 40° 30.367 W 086° 50.678
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Monument to the soldiers who served and gave their lives during the Battle of Tippecanoe near Battle Ground, Indiana
Waymark Code: WM7FNK
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2009
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The monument is an white granite obelisk mounted on a multitiered granite base the overall height of the monument is 90-foot. The monument weighs 447 tons. In front of the obelisk on the second tier stands William Henry Harrison, dressed in an early 19th century military uniform. The monument is located on the grounds of the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park. The monument is inscribed:
General William Henry Harrison
Erected Jointly By
The Nation And The
State,
Memory of the Heroes Who
Lost Their Lives In The
Battle Of Tippecanoe
November 7, 1811.
This Monument Completed And Dedicated
November 7, 1908
American Forces
Men Engaged 910
General Wm. Henry Harrison Commanding
Attacked At 4:00 o'clock A.M.
Indian Forces Led By Prophet.
Number Engaged About The Same As
Americans
Loss, Americans, Killed 37.
Wounded 151.
Indian Loss Unknown
Privates Killed In Action
James Asberry
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Franis Bonah
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Edward Butner
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Joseph Burditt
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Jonathan Crewell
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Levi Cary
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Thomas Clendennan
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Marshall Dunken
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William Davis
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Dexter Earll
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Peter Hanks
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Henry Hickey
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Henry Jones
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David Kearns
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William King
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Abraham Kelly
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Daniel Lee
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Daniel McMickle
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William Meehan
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Isaac M. Nute
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Jack Obah
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John Owsley
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Kader Powell
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Amos Royce
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John Sandborn
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Samuel Sand
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Joseph Smith
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James Summerville
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William Tissler
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Lewis Taylor
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Ira T. Trowbridge
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Joseph Tibbetts
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Joseph Warnock
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Leman E. Welch
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Abraham Wood
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Isaac White
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John Yeomans
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John McCoy
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Officers Killed
Colonel ---- Abram Owen
Major ----- Joseph H. Daviess
Captain ---- Jacob Warrick
Captain ----Spier Spencer
Lieutenant --- Richard McMahan
Lieutenant --- Thomas Berry
Corporal --- James Michell
Corporal --- Stephen Mars
Captain ---- Wm. c. Baen
Honorable John Tipton
Who Fought In This Battle
Donated These Grounds To The State Of Indiana
November 7, 1836
Commissioners
J. Frank Hanly
Job S. Sims
Wesley E. Wells
A.A. Jones