Near Cleves in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, January 6, 2024
1. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker
Border warfare characterized the American Revolution on the northwest frontier. Between August 26 and September 15, 1781, sixty-four survivors of Lochry's Expedition were held captive by "Butler's Rangers" (British-allied Indians led by George Girty) in a camp near this site. Colonel Archibald Lochry's battalion of Pennsylvania militia, part of a larger punitive expedition under General George Rogers Clark and traveling down the Ohio River behind the main force, was attacked by Girty's men ten miles downstream from the mouth of the Great Miami River near present-day Aurora, Indiana. Thirty-seven militiamen were killed in the August 24 battle, including Lochry, and the rest captured. Afterwards Rogers abandoned his objective of capturing British-held Detroit. The captives were taken to Detroit and eventually to Montreal. Tradition holds that fewer than twenty of Lochry's battalion ever returned to their homes.
side B
Solomon Aikens; John Allenton; Abraham Anderson; Isaac Anderson; Thomas Atkinson; Melchior Baker; Alexander Burns; John Catt; William Clarke; Peter Connely; Manasseh Coyle; Charles Cracraft; Samuel
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Erected 2001 by Sons of the American Revolution and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 21-31.)
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series lists.
Location. 39° 10.718′ N,
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, January 6, 2024
2. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “To commemorate the services of the citizens of Cleves” (approx. 1.3 miles away); William Henry Harrison and the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal (approx. 1.6 miles away); Abraham Brower (approx. 1.9 miles away); John Cleves Symmes (approx. 1.9 miles away); Congress Green Cemetery / The Miami Purchase
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019
3. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker
close up, side A
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019
4. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker
close up, side B; the list of names
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, full view
5. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019
6. Marker as seen from corner of Jordan Road
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019
7. Logo on marker - the Sons of the American Revolution
Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,720 times since then and 101 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 6, 2024, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 5, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
