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Arthur St. Clair

1737–1818 · 18th century

Arthur St. Clair (1737–1818) was a Scottish-born American soldier and politician who served as a general in the Revolutionary War, as president of the Confederation Congress in 1787 and as first governor of the Northwest Territory. In November 1791 his army was routed near the Wabash River by the Western Confederacy under Little Turtle and Blue Jacket, the worst defeat ever suffered by the US Army against Native Americans.

Arthur St. Clair
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Western Confederacy

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