After the siege of Bryan Station in mid-August 1782, Daniel Boone, commanding one of three divisions of Kentucky riflemen, followed the Native American invasion force as it withdrew toward the Ohio River. The Kentuckians marched toward the Native American force at Blue Licks and were horribly defeated. Boone’s son, Israel, and his nephew, Thomas Boone, were killed. Blue Licks was the bloodiest engagement on the Kentucky frontier and one of the last battles of the American Revolution.