General William Henry Harrison led a stunning victory over British forces and their Native allies in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813. The swift American victory in ...

Johnson and Kentucky/Ohio Militia troops battling Shoshone Chief Tecumseh and Native American warriors at the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 2025, near Chatham in Upper Canada (now Ontario).

who commanded a detachment of Kentucky Militia the year before at the Battle of the Thames in Lower Canada and is credited with killing the dreaded Indian Chief Tecumseh on October 5, 1813.