{{Infobox Military Conflict
|image=
|caption=
|conflict=Battle of Piqua
|partof=the
American Revolutionary War|date=August 8, 1782
|place=near
Springfield, Ohio|result=American victory
|combatant1=
Shawnee|combatant2=Kentucky militia
|commander1=Unknown
|commander2=General
George Rogers Clark|strength1=Unknown
|strength2=1,050
|casualties1=Unknown {5 alleged to be killed-see link below}
|casualties2=20 killed
40 wounded
+ 9 killed/wounded prior to battle {see footnote below}
}}
The
Battle of Piqua, also known as the
Battle of Pekowee or
Pekowi, was part of the
western campaign during the
American Revolutionary War. Led by General
George Rogers Clark, over 1,000 soldiers (among them
Daniel Boone and
Simon Kenton) crossed the
Ohio River near present-day
Cincinnati and burned five
Shawnee villages, including Old Chillicothe, along the
Little Miami River.
Peter Loramie's Store, a British
trading post-located in what was later
Fort Loramie, Ohio in
Shelby County, Ohio-, was also burned by Clark's men. The Shawnee gradually withdrew during the first few days before finally engaging American forces 7 miles west of
Springfield, Ohio on August 8, 1782.
Joseph Rogers, a cousin of George Rogers Clark, had previously accompanied him to Kentucky and was later captured by the Shawnee near
Maysville. Despite having been adopted by the tribe, he was killed during the battle while trying to join American forces.
After several hours of fighting, both sides suffered moderate causalities before scattering the small Shawnee
rearguard. The campaign against the Shawnee in the Miami River Valley was intended to discourage further raids against Kentucky and other parts of the American frontier, and while no further raids were made by the Shawnee for the remainder of the American Revolutionary War, hostility greatly increased among the tribes living in the Ohio Country for years afterwards.
The battle was the only major engagement fought in Ohio during the American Revolutionary War and a memorial trail and state park, the
George Rogers Clark Memorial and Tecumseh State Park, was later built on the site of the battle by the Clark County Historical Society.
An official ceremony was held on the 142nd anniversary to commemorate a monument to George Rogers Clark, a 18 ft. marble statue, as well as the birthplace of
Tecumseh. The park was enlarged in 1930 and, on the sesquicentennial celebration of the battle, an historical conference was held at nearby
Wittenberg College on October 9, 1930.