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The Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair’s Defeat, named after the expedition’s leader, Major General Arthur St. Clair, takes place against a multitribal confederation of Native Americans formed to resist colonial expansion into their historical homelands. The battle ends with the defeat of the large contingent of U.S. troops along the Wabash River in western Ohio. Of the 1,400 U.S. army and support personnel , 918 were killed and 276 wounded. More