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Author: John G. Morgan Publisher: ISBN: 9780966724660 Category : Lord Dunmore's War, 1774 Languages : en Pages : 128
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This book has a co-publisher in Main Street Point Pleasant (WV), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Due to contract restrictions, this book is ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE CO-PUBLISHER. They can be reaced by phone at (304) 675-3844, or by writing Main Street Point Pleasant, 305 Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550.
Author: John G. Morgan Publisher: ISBN: 9780966724660 Category : Lord Dunmore's War, 1774 Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
This book has a co-publisher in Main Street Point Pleasant (WV), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Due to contract restrictions, this book is ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE CO-PUBLISHER. They can be reaced by phone at (304) 675-3844, or by writing Main Street Point Pleasant, 305 Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV 25550.
Author: Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger Publisher: ISBN: Category : Ohio River Valley Languages : en Pages : 160
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The Battle of Point Pleasant is considered to be the first battle of the American Revolution. It was part of Lord Dunmore's expedition (or war) in 1774, which was to subdue the Indians on the frontier. The battle was fought and won by men under the command of General Lewis against an Indian attack. The effect of this battle was that the Indians along Virginia's (or West Virginia's) borders kept the peace during the Revolution and gave experience to many men who joined the colonial forces.
Author: Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger Publisher: McClain Printing Company ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 172
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Battle of Point Pleasant is a captivating in-depth account of the battle of "Tu-Endie-Wei" at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Lists of battle participants & a biographical index enhance this reprint of historical facts & quoted material. This collection of fascinating information is a must for all history buffs.
Author: Glenn F. Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781594163173 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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Known to history as "Dunmore's War," the 1774 campaign against a Shawnee-led Indian confederacy in the Ohio Country marked the final time an American colonial militia took to the field in His Majesty's service and under royal command. Led by John Murray, the fourth Earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia, a force of colonials including George Rogers Clark, Daniel Morgan, Michael Cresap, Adam Stephen, and Andrew Lewis successfully drove the Indians from the territory south of the Ohio River in parts of present-day West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. Although it proved to be the last Indian conflict of America's colonial era, it is often neglected in histories, despite its major influence on the conduct of the Revolutionary War that followed. In Dunmore's War: The Last Conflict of America's Colonial Era, award-winning historian Glenn F. Williams explains the course and importance of this fascinating event. Supported by primary source research, the author describes each military operation and illustrates the transition of the Virginia militia from a loyal instrument of the king to a weapon of revolution. In the process, he corrects much of the folklore concerning the war and frontier fighting in general, demonstrating that the Americans did not adopt Indian tactics for wilderness fighting as is popularly thought, but rather adapted European techniques to the woods.
Author: William Armstrong Crozier Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com ISBN: 0806305665 Category : Genealogy Languages : en Pages : 146
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It is owing to the indefatigable labors of William Armstrong Crozier that we have one of the most exhaustive lists of colonial soldiers ever published. "Virginia Colonial Militia" originally appeared as Volume II of Crozier's famous series "Virginia County Records" but has since earned a distinction that has set it apart. Certainly anyone looking for colonial Virginia origins would do well to look here first. The work is divided into several sections and includes (1) Land Bounty Certificates for Service in the French and Indian War; (2) Military Rosters in Hening's Statutes at Large; (3) Muster Rolls of Companies Defending the Frontier in Lord Dunmore's War; (4) Partial List of Officers Killed and Wounded at the Battle of Point Pleasant, Oct. 10, 1774; (5) Augusta County Militia in 1742; (6) Miscellaneous County Rosters of Militia Officers; (7) List of Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment Commanded by George Washington; and (8) List of the Officers of the Colonial Militia of Spotsylvania County, 1729-1780.
Author: Otis K. Rice Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813164389 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 469
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The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience and the problems of Appalachia in the twentieth century. Through an intensive study of the social, economic, and political developments in pioneer West Virginia, Rice shows that during the period 1730–1830 some of the most significant features of West Virginia life and thought were established. There also appeared evidences of arrested development, which contrasted sharply with the expansiveness, ebullience, and optimism commonly associated with the American frontier. In this period customs, manners, and folkways associated with the conquest of the wilderness to root and became characteristic of the mountainous region well into the twentieth century. During this pioneer period, problems also took root that continue to be associated with the region, such as poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of economic development, and problematic education. Since the West Virginia frontier played an important role in the westward thrust of migration through the Alleghenies, Rice also provides some account of the role of West Virginia in the French and Indian War, eighteenth-century land speculations, the Revolutionary War, and national events after the establishment of the federal government in 1789.
Author: John F. Winkler Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 147280886X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 215
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An in-depth exploration of the battle of Tippecanoe, precursor to the War of 1812, where US forces under William Henry Harrison defeated the Native American forces near Prophetstown. 'The prophet's battle' was a conflict born out of festering tensions inscribed by the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville, which had concluded the Northwestern Indian War and attempted to prevent white settlers' encroaching onto newly defined Indian territories. For 16 years there had been peace, but in 1811 the number of settlers in the Ohio territory had swollen from 3,000 to 250,000. War was again coming to the North West. Within these pages John F. Winkler explores the dramatic build up to the conflict as 'The Prophet' Tenskatawa and his brother Tecumseh rallied the tribes to drive back the American settlers once and for all. Through superb illustrations and maps, Winkler provides a clear view of the intense fighting that followed at Tippecanoe and the true impact that it would come to have on the War of 1812.
Author: John G. Morgan
Author: John G. Morgan
Author: Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger
Author: Virgil Anson Lewis
Author: Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger
Author: Virgil Anson Lewis
Author: Glenn F. Williams
Author: William Armstrong Crozier
Author: Otis K. Rice
Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites
Author: John F. Winkler