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Lochry's Defeat

Location: SR 56 at Ohio-Dearborn County line, 200 feet south of Laughery Creek, north of French. (Ohio County, Indiana)

Erected by the Sons of the American Revolution, 1961

ID# : 58.1961.1

Text

On Aug. 24, 1781, Col. Archibald Lochry and 107 recruits for Gen. Clark were ambushed at Lochry Creek by Joseph Brant's raiders. One-third were killed, the rest captured. Lochry and the wounded were later murdered.

Keywords

Military, Early Settlement and Exploration