On this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813, William Henry Harrison routs Brits, Tecumseh in Battle of the Thames
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General William Henry Harrison led Americans to victory in the Battle of the Thames on this day in history, Oct. 5, 1813, routing the British and Native forces led by Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
The battlefield heroics propelled Harrison, the son of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison V, to the White House in 1841. "The Indians scattered, never again to offer serious resistance in what was then called the Northwest." "Harrison parlayed the victory in War of 1812 … into a run for presidency in 1840." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"The Battle of the Thames (also known as the Battle of Moraviantown) was a decisive American victory that brought Michigan and the Old Northwest back under American control," writes Canada's National History Society of the encounter fought on the Ontario side of Lake Erie.