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Tag Archives: Frontier Theater
George Rogers Clark Recaptures Fort Sackville, Part I
Last fall, I posted several pieces following British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s campaign in the Illinois territory as seen through the eyes of Captain Norman MacLeod. MacLeod led an advance party stuck with the logistical and diplomatic mission of moving … Continue reading
Revolution on the Ohio Frontier: Fort Laurens
For much of the American Revolution, the British waged war on their rebelling colonists in the Ohio River Valley via proxy, relying on western Indian nations (Shawnee, Wyandot, Mingo, Chippewa, Ottawa, and others) to attack isolated American settlements and villages … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Memory, Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged 13th Virginia, 8th Pennsylvania, 9th Virginia, Delaware Indians, Fort Laurens, Forts, Frontier Theater, Indians, Lachlan McIntosh, Museums, Muskingum River, Ohio, Ohio Campaigns
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Hamilton Recaptures Fort Sackville: Norman MacLeod’s Campaign Journal, December 17, 1778
(An occasional series highlighting British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s march south from Detroit to recapture Vincennes (Indiana) on its 240th anniversary through the entries in Captain Norman MacLeod’s diary.) As Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s army arrived on the lower Wabash, … Continue reading
Norman MacLeod’s Campaign Journal, November 27, 1778
(An occasional series highlighting British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton’s march south from Detroit to recapture Vincennes (Indiana) on its 240th anniversary.) As fall progressed, cold set in and the weather began to catch up with Hamilton’s advancing army. By November, … Continue reading
Posted in British Leadership, Campaigns, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Frontier, Frontier Theater, Henry Hamilton, Indiana, Vincennes, Wabash
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