Siege of Fort Meigs

Siege of Fort Meigs
	Part of the War of 1812 and Tecumseh's War
	; A reconstructed blockhouse at Fort Meigs Historic Site, Petersburg, Ohio
Date	April 28 – May 9, 1813; (1 week and 4 days)
Location	Present-day Perrysburg, Ohio
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Tecumseh's confederacy	United States
Commanders and leaders
Henry Procter; Tecumseh; Roundhead	William H. Harrison; Green Clay; William Dudley †
Strength
1,200 Indigenous; 522 British regulars; 462 Canadian militia	2,400 regulars and militia
Casualties and losses
British; 14 killed; 47 wounded; 41 captured; Indigenous; 19 killed and wounded; Total: 121	161 killed; 189 wounded; 100 wounded prisoners; 527 captured; Total: 1,017

The siege of Fort Meigs was a significant War of 1812 military engagement in northwestern Ohio during the spring of 1813. British regulars and militia led by Brigadier General Henry Procter, supported by Indigenous forces led by Tecumseh, attempted to capture the recently constructed fort in order to forestall Major General William Henry Harrison's campaign to retake Detroit and invade Upper Canada. An American attempt to relieve the fort on May 5 resulted in heavy casualties, however, Procter was unable to breech Harrison's defences and withdrew after a 11-day siege.