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Full Revolutionary War Map. Vincennes. Pensacola (1861) Jackson. In February of 1779, American Col. George Rogers Clark besieged the far frontier town of Vincennes held by the British. After two days of the siege, British...
- Fort Vincennes | Feb 23-25, 1779 | American Battlefield Trust
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- Fort Vincennes | Feb 23-25, 1779 | American Battlefield Trust
The siege of Fort Vincennes, also known as the siege of Fort Sackville and the Battle of Vincennes, was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana won by a militia led by American commander George Rogers Clark over a British garrison led by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton.
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Forts of Vincennes, Indiana. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, the French, British and U.S. forces built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River.
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May 6, 2021 · May 5, 2021. Vincennes, Indiana. The National Park Service - George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County). Photo taken on 5/5/2021. George Rogers Clark National Historical Park commemorates the Battle of Vincennes (February 25th, 1779) in the America Revolutionary War. Vincennes.
The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen), and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, [4] [5] was a naval battle of the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific War ...
