Death of Tecumseh

ID: 2468
This file appears in: Newport: War of 1812

This romanticized portrait shows the death of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Newport: War of 1812

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #507 in Newport commemorates the location where Kentucky volunteers crossed the Ohio River on their way to assist General William Hull against the British and Native American forces…