George Rogers Clark And The Conquest Of The Old Northwest
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George Rogers Clark And The Conquest Of The Old Northwest
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Author : Henry Horner
language : en
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George Rogers Clark
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-12
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*Includes pictures *Includes Clark's quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia." - George Rogers Clark The last days of the colonial era in America seemed to spawn a number of Renaissance men, unique individuals who were as comfortable in a log cabin as a ballroom and could write as well as they could hunt. George Rogers Clark was one of these men, and in many ways he was a paler, less-accomplished version of his illustrious neighbor, George Washington. Like the Continental Army's leader, George Rogers Clark was an accomplished surveyor who helped map out their Virginia homeland, a good soldier, and an officer in the Virginia militia before and during the Revolutionary War. While Washington led the army, he tasked Clark with leading the American troops along the frontier border in that portion of Virginia that would one day become Kentucky. While he did not necessarily share Washington's success and military genius, Clark played a major part in winning the war, including capturing the important town of Kaskaskia, Illinois, then in the hands of the British, on July 4, 1778. The following year, he took Vincennes, Indiana, in a similarly successful maneuver. These two victories weakened the British presence in the Northwest Territory and allowed the patriots to focus its attention on battles further east. After the war ended and the British gave the Northwest Territory to the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the newly formed nation proclaimed Clark "Conqueror of the Old Northwest," a noble and serious title for a man not yet 30 years old. With the rest of his life still ahead of him, Clark had to find something to do to earn a living, and perhaps just as importantly, figure out a way to regain the sense of fulfillment he enjoyed fighting during the war. To this end, he took up command of yet another militia unit, this one engaged in fighting the Native Americans on the American frontier. Sadly, before the Northwest Indian War came to an end, Clark's career did; like so many other military men, he succumbed to the bottle and developed a problem with alcohol. Now just one more man among a large number of former heroes, Clark abandoned his old Kentucky home for a life on the frontier, returning to the site of his wartime conquests, Indiana. Left nearly penniless after sacrificing most of his income in the cause of American independence, he joined the significant ranks of Founding Fathers who were better known to their creditors than they were to their friends. In an attempt to keep food on his table and a roof over his head, Clark became involved during the last half of his life in some shady dealings, trying on more than one occasion to sell his military services to the French for use in their war against Spain. These attempts ultimately failed, as did his health, and he spent that last years of his life as an invalid, dependent on his family for care and sustenance. George Rogers Clark: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Conqueror of the Old Northwest chronicles the adventurous life of one of Revolutionary America's most famous figures. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about George Rogers Clark like never before.
The George Rogers Clark Memorial
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 192?
The George Rogers Clark Memorial written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 192? with Clark's Expedition against Detroit, 1781 categories.
The Conquest Of The Old Northwest And Its Settlement By Americans
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Author : James Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Cincinnati : American Book Company
Release Date : 1901
The Conquest Of The Old Northwest And Its Settlement By Americans written by James Baldwin and has been published by Cincinnati : American Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with Northwest, Old categories.
Program For Commemorating The 150th Anniversary Of The Conquest Of The Old Northwest
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Author : Harold Van Buren Magonigle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926
Program For Commemorating The 150th Anniversary Of The Conquest Of The Old Northwest written by Harold Van Buren Magonigle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with categories.
Conquest Of The Country Northwest Of The River Ohio 1778 1783
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Author : William Hayden English
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Conquest Of The Country Northwest Of The River Ohio 1778 1783 written by William Hayden English and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Clark's Expedition against Detroit, 1781 categories.
George Rogers Clark And The Winning Of The Old Northwest
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Author : Robert C. Alberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Conquest Of The Illinois
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Author : George Rogers Clark
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Release Date : 2016-12-07
The Conquest Of The Illinois written by George Rogers Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-07 with categories.
On the night of July 4th 1778, George Rogers Clark and his men sprung a surprise attack on the village of Kashaskia, "and within a very short time we were in complete possession of the place, with every avenue guarded to prevent any one from escaping and giving the alarm to the other villages." Thus began Clark's conquest of Illinois. For the next year and a half, Clark and his troops swept through the state taking hold of the old French posts, that were now occupied by British garrisons, including Cahokia and Vincennes. Fighting against the experienced Anglo-Irish soldier Governor Henry Hamilton, the young Clark was pushed to his limits and explains in detail how he was able to outmanoeuvre his opponent. The Conquest of the Illinois by George Rogers Clark is a fascinating first person account of one of the most important campaigns of the American Revolution. The book explains the full planning of Clark's expedition and its aftermath. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the American Revolution and those who fought in it. George Rogers Clark was a surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia who became the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest". This edition of his memoir was edited by Milo Milton Quaife and published in 1920.
George Rogers Clark And The Conquest Of The Northwest
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Author : Archibald Henderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
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George Rogers Clark And The Winning Of The Old Northwest Classic Reprint
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Author : Robert C. Alberts
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2019-01-23
George Rogers Clark And The Winning Of The Old Northwest Classic Reprint written by Robert C. Alberts and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-23 with History categories.
Excerpt from George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest One day in June he interrupted his training exercises on Corn lsland, assembled his men, and read his secret orders aloud. He' proposed, he said, to take them into the Illinois country. There they would seize three settlements: Vincennes on the Wabash River, Kaskaskia on the Mississippi, 130 river miles above the mouth of the Ohio, and Cahokia, up the Mississippi near the mouth of the Missouri. He then hoped to obtain rein forcements, march north, and seize Fort Detroit on the neck of land between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.