Battle of Blue Licks

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Battle of Blue Licks
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Daniel Boone rallying his men during the battle
Date August 19, 1782 Location Kentucky County, Virginia 38°25′42.2682″N 83°59′40.73″W / 38.428407833°N 83.9946472°W / 38.428407833; -83.9946472 (Blue Licks Battlefield) Result British-Indian victory
Belligerents
Great Britain Shawnee Mingo Wyandot Miami Odawa Ojibwe Potawatomi	United States
Commanders and leaders
William Caldwell Alexander McKee Simon Girty	John Todd † Stephen Trigg † Daniel Boone Robert Patterson
Strength
300 Indians 50 provincials	182 militia
Casualties and losses
7 killed 10 wounded[1]	72 killed 11 captured
Blue Licks Battlefield class=notpageimage| Location within Kentucky

The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky (then Fayette County, Virginia), a force of about 50 Loyalists along with 300 indigenous warriors ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militiamen, who were partially led by Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman. It was the last victory for the Loyalists and natives during the frontier war. British, Loyalist and Native forces would engage in fighting with American forces once more the following month in Wheeling, West Virginia, during the Siege of Fort Henry.