Which future US president commanded American forces at the Battle of the Thames?

William Henry Harrison commanded American forces at the Battle of the Thames. Fought on October 5, 1813, near Moraviantown in Upper Canada, the battle was a major American victory during the War of 1812.

Harrison led the American Army of the Northwest, including U.S. regulars, Kentucky militia under Governor Isaac Shelby, and mounted riflemen commanded by Richard Mentor Johnson. The campaign followed Oliver Hazard Perry’s victory on Lake Erie, which cut British supply lines and forced Major General Henry Procter to retreat eastward.

The battle is especially remembered for the death of Tecumseh, the Shawnee leader whose confederacy had allied with the British. British forces collapsed after the American attack, while Harrison’s victory restored U.S. control over Detroit and much of the Michigan Territory. Andrew Jackson was also a prominent War of 1812 commander, but his best-known victory came at New Orleans, not the Thames. Harrison later became the ninth president of the United States.