Event record · battle
Upper Canada · Niagara
Battle of Chippawa
5 July 1814
Haudenosaunee forces aligned with opposing states fight in the woods before Scott's regulars defeat Riall's force on the plain.
Participants
- Winfield Scott's brigade
- Phineas Riall's British and Canadian force
- Buffalo Creek Seneca warriors
- Grand River warriors under John Norton
- Peter B. Porter's volunteers
Outcome
American regulars forced the British line from the field after Haudenosaunee forces on opposing sides fought in the woods.
Why it matters
The action demonstrated the results of training while exposing the divided alliances imposed on Haudenosaunee communities.
Location evidence
43.050, -79.100 · site precision
Coordinates locate the named site, city, or broad region; they do not reconstruct unit movements.
Where it sits in the story
This record belongs to a connected military, political, and human sequence. The chapter supplies causes, consequences, competing perspectives, and the limits of the surviving evidence.
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Evidence behind this event
- Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United StatesInternet Archive · digitized primary-source compilation
John Brannan's 1823 compilation supplies the displayed reports by George Budd, Jacob Brown, George McClure, and Thomas Macdonough.
- The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara FrontierGoogle Books bibliographic record · documentary edition
Ernest A. Cruikshank's compilation of official correspondence, reports, and other records for the Niagara campaigns. Its editorial choices and nineteenth-century publication context require attention.
- Teyoninhokarawen (John Norton)Parks Canada · biographical and campaign study
Norton's leadership among Grand River Haudenosaunee forces from 1812 through the Niagara campaign of 1814.