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The Conquest of the Illinois
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.
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.
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92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 14, 2001
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October 4, 2011
You know how in Star Wars, there are all these aliens, and none of them are speaking the same language, and they all look totally different and come from different cultures, but everybody is totally chill about it and takes it in stride and comes up with helpful ways of understanding cultural difference like "Wookies are known to take people's arms outta their sockets when they lose" and in fact everyone seems to understand what everyone else is saying all the time, even though none of them are speaking the same language so HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE, and sometimes people adopt other people's customs as a way of making an impression on those people, but other times they scorn other people's customs as a way of making an impression on those people, but either way people are manipulating each other culturally all the time, and in general everyone always has this heightened awareness of cultural "code" that they kind of take for granted but which they are constantly subtly deploying while they strategize about their epic military quests?
This book has taught me that, in the past, Illinois was a lot like Star Wars.
This book has taught me that, in the past, Illinois was a lot like Star Wars.
March 25, 2016
Unsung hero
Never passing on the early eastern frontier reads and George Rodgers Clarks feats as a military commander. Always enjoyable reading these books.
Never passing on the early eastern frontier reads and George Rodgers Clarks feats as a military commander. Always enjoyable reading these books.
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