Battle of Blue Licks
| Battle of Blue Licks | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Daniel Boone rallying his men during the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Great Britain Shawnee Mingo Wyandot Miami Odawa Ojibwe Potawatomi | United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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William Caldwell Alexander McKee Simon Girty |
John Todd † Stephen Trigg † Daniel Boone Hugh McGary | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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300 Indigenous 50 provincials | 182 militia | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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11 killed 14 wounded |
77 killed 6 captured | ||||||
Blue Licks Battlefield Location within Kentucky | |||||||
The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky (then Fayette County, Virginia), a force of 50 Butler's Rangers and 300 Indigenous warriors ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militia, who were partially led by Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman.