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I find the direct statement about Blue Jacket's heritage to be erroneous. It very well maybe true but as of now there is little or no evidence supporting the claim the Blue Jacket was a white man adopted into the Shawnee tribe. Danwild6 02:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
This article is pretty short. I'd recommend that it either be expanded, or simply changed to a redirect to Fort Recovery. Mingusboodle ( talk) 05:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
There are very few good sources for this battle, and they sometimes differ significantly. One of the main inconsistencies I've noticed is the way casualties are reported. This is because they were reported differently at the time, and so modern authors give different numbers based on their source. For this article, I've elected to report the U.S. numbers given by Captain Gibson, who was the U.S. officer in charge at Fort Recover following the death of his superior officers. His report given the following day breaks down casualties from dragoons, infantry, fort garrison, and civilian contractors. I suspect that casualty reports which are lower exclude some of these, especially the contractors. For the Native American casualties, I thought it was only fair to include the low estimate (17) and the high estimate (130), but William Wells finally settled on a range of 40-50 killed and around 100 wounded. There are many other estimates out there, but I think we're safe giving the low, the high, and a consistent report that's somewhere in the middle. The numbers on both sides are subject to debate, of course, but I wanted to let you know why I settled on the current numbers. Please let me know if you think these should be changed. Canute ( talk) 15:36, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
I removed Egushawa from the article. From what I've read, it's possible (and probable) that he was at Fort Recovery, given the large participation by the Ottawa and the fact that he led reconnaissance for the confederacy. But I can't find anything that plainly states he was there, so I want to remove it before other people start citing Wikipedia and make it a false fact. If anyone finds a reference to his participation, please re-insert him as one of the leaders at Fort Recovery. Thanks. Canute ( talk) 17:01, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure this article should be called the Battle of Fort Recovery. That's what the Ball State reference page calls it, that's what Winkler calls it, that's what Nelson calls it in "'Never Have They Done So Little': The Battle of Fort Recovery and the Collapse of the Miami Confederacy," Northwest Ohio Quarterly 64 (1992): 43–55 (which unfortunately doesn't seem to be available online). A search on the Google Ngram Viewer seems to support "Battle of Fort Recovery" as the much preferred term. Any objections? Kevin1776 ( talk) 05:17, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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I find the direct statement about Blue Jacket's heritage to be erroneous. It very well maybe true but as of now there is little or no evidence supporting the claim the Blue Jacket was a white man adopted into the Shawnee tribe. Danwild6 02:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
This article is pretty short. I'd recommend that it either be expanded, or simply changed to a redirect to Fort Recovery. Mingusboodle ( talk) 05:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
There are very few good sources for this battle, and they sometimes differ significantly. One of the main inconsistencies I've noticed is the way casualties are reported. This is because they were reported differently at the time, and so modern authors give different numbers based on their source. For this article, I've elected to report the U.S. numbers given by Captain Gibson, who was the U.S. officer in charge at Fort Recover following the death of his superior officers. His report given the following day breaks down casualties from dragoons, infantry, fort garrison, and civilian contractors. I suspect that casualty reports which are lower exclude some of these, especially the contractors. For the Native American casualties, I thought it was only fair to include the low estimate (17) and the high estimate (130), but William Wells finally settled on a range of 40-50 killed and around 100 wounded. There are many other estimates out there, but I think we're safe giving the low, the high, and a consistent report that's somewhere in the middle. The numbers on both sides are subject to debate, of course, but I wanted to let you know why I settled on the current numbers. Please let me know if you think these should be changed. Canute ( talk) 15:36, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
I removed Egushawa from the article. From what I've read, it's possible (and probable) that he was at Fort Recovery, given the large participation by the Ottawa and the fact that he led reconnaissance for the confederacy. But I can't find anything that plainly states he was there, so I want to remove it before other people start citing Wikipedia and make it a false fact. If anyone finds a reference to his participation, please re-insert him as one of the leaders at Fort Recovery. Thanks. Canute ( talk) 17:01, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure this article should be called the Battle of Fort Recovery. That's what the Ball State reference page calls it, that's what Winkler calls it, that's what Nelson calls it in "'Never Have They Done So Little': The Battle of Fort Recovery and the Collapse of the Miami Confederacy," Northwest Ohio Quarterly 64 (1992): 43–55 (which unfortunately doesn't seem to be available online). A search on the Google Ngram Viewer seems to support "Battle of Fort Recovery" as the much preferred term. Any objections? Kevin1776 ( talk) 05:17, 13 December 2021 (UTC)