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McColloch’s Leap
“By no means comparable with the feats of a similar character” and “performed an act of daring” and “nay, desperate horsemanship” and “seldom been equaled by man or beast.” All these describe the amazing escape of Major Samuel McColloch in … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Monuments, Native American, Uncategorized, Western Frontier
Tagged 1774, 1777, Emerging Revolutionary War, Fort Henry, Lord Dunmore, Major Samuel McColloch, Native Americans, Patrick Henry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Virginia, West Virginia, Wheeling
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