General William Harrison

After General Hull was taken prisoner by Brock, the Americans put General William Harrison in charge of their North West Army. Harrison was an experienced general. He had led the American forces against the Natives at the Battle of Tippecanoe and was therefore a personal enemy of Tecumseh.

Harrison's first objective was to re-capture Detroit from the British. He sent an advance force under General Winchester to set up a base camp. Winchester and his troops were defeated at the Battle of the River Raisin. Harrison then managed to build Fort Meigs, which he held against two attacks by Col. Procter.

Harrison waited with his army at Fort Meigs until Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie. He then had Perry take his army across Lake Erie to Amherstburg. The British and their allies retreated up the River Thames. The Americans defeated the British at the Battle of the Thames.

Harrison remained in control of the area around Detroit for the rest of the war. In 1840 he was elected President of the United States and he died on April 4, 1841.