Siege of Fort Henry (1782)

Siege of Fort Henry
Part of the American Revolutionary War
1782 Siege of Fort Henry by J. Faris West Virginia State Museum
Date September 11–13, 1782 Location Wheeling, West Virginia 40°03′50″N 80°43′30″W / 40.06389°N 80.72500°W / 40.06389; -80.72500 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain Wyandot Shawnee Mingo Lenape
Commanders and leaders
Ebenezer Zane Silas Zane	Arent Brandt
Strength
~20 militia	40 provincials 260 Indigenous
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	Unknown

The Second Siege of Fort Henry was a three-day engagement during the American Revolutionary War that began on September 11, 1782. A force of about 260 Wyandot, Shawnee, Mingo and Lenape attacked Fort Henry, an American fortification at what is now Wheeling, West Virginia. They were accompanied by 40 soldiers from Butler's Rangers, a British provincial regiment. The siege was one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, the story of the siege became well known to Americans due to the "gunpowder exploit" of Betty Zane.