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George Washington, Daniel Morgan, and Winchester, Virginia on Memorial Day
I’ve been intermittently visiting Winchester, VA for years, usually with an eye toward understanding its place in the Civil War. Tradition has it that no town changed hands more frequently. But, the town also has a prominent, if sometimes overlooked, … 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
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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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