Colonel Crawford

In 1781, Colonel Crawford was searching for Delaware Indians who were aligned with the British. He and his men were ambushed in Upper Sandusky and the party was separated.

Crawford and his attache's went toward what is now Leesville where he decided to break his sword because he didn't want die by his own sword in the hand of an Indian should he be caught; thus the probable naming of "Brokensword Creek".

His men retreated south and east and were sniped at throughout their travel in the prairie grasses. Caught in a June thunderstorm in a woods at "Seccaium", an abandoned trading area very well known to the Indians and French,tthey were defeated as their muskets and powder got wet.

Because the Revolutionary War was not known to be over, technically it can be considered the last battle. Crawford was captured at Leesville along with a few of his men, and transported back to the upper Sandusky area where they were tortured and burned at the stake.

Memorial on the site where Colonel William Crawford, Revolutionary War hero and Indian fighter was captured east of Leesville.

Battle of Seccaium monument, on SR 19 between Bucyrus and Galion.  This is where truly and technically the last Revolutionary War battle
was fought.