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May 1, 2024 · VINCENNES — The 47th Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous brings the color, costume, and lifestyle of the 18th century alive Memorial Day weekend. Visitors can browse among 100 authentic merchant and ...
Feb 17, 2015 · Portrait of George Rogers Clark from the collection of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. On February 6, 1779, Clark was on the move with about 170 men, roughly half of whom were French volunteers from the Illinois settlements. Approaching Vincennes with a sizeable body of infantry, however, would prove to be an epic test of human ...
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Aug 16, 2020 · Vincennes, the largest city in the territory at the time, was the capital from 1800-1813. By Terry Housholder/thousholder@kpcmedia.com. The Reily Home, 727 Buntin St., is a historic and ...
In Context. In the early stages of the American Revolution, British officials built Fort Vincennes, later named Sackville, along the Wabash River, at the modern border of Illinois and Indiana. British Lieutenant Governor Edward Abbott began construction in 1777. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, who arrived in late 1778 ...
5 wounded. 79 captured [3] 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.
The Siege of Fort Vincennes (aks the Siege of Fort Sackville or the Battle of Vincennes) was a frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana. It was won by an American militia over a British garrison. Roughly half of George Rogers Clark's militia were Canadien volunteers sympathetic to the American cause.
Aug 18, 2017 · During Clark’s absence, Hamilton led about 500 British troops to Vincennes and recaptured the city. Then there was Francis Vigo (actually Giuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo), an Italian who served with the Spanish Army in New Orleans before becoming a wealthy fur trader, first in St. Louis and then in Vincennes. He also became a spy for Clark.
