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The Great Exploit of George Rogers Clark

Books / George Rogers Clark, military, Revolutionary War

In the summer of 1778, during the Revolutionary War, Colonel George Rogers Clark with less than 200 soldiers made an expedition from Kentucky to Kaskaskia, in present-day Illinois. They took the British post there completely by surprise, conquering it without casualties. In February 1779 Col. Clark, with only about 100 men, followed up by marching […]

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The War of 1812

Articles, Books / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, history, military, war of 1812

This History of the Great Lakes States website contains many titles related to the War of 1812. The list below contains works found on the various War and Military pages that are almost exclusively about that war. There are also works on other pages of the site, such as the Biographies and Memoirs, Fiction, and

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Pontiac’s War: Northern Forts Under Attack

History, Michigan, Native Americans / ebooks, First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, Fort Detroit, Fort Michilimackinac, french and indian war, historical fiction, history, library, military, Pontiac, Pontiac's War

As a boy I visited Fort Michilimackinac and learned how the Indians, playing a ball game next to the fort in 1763, used a ruse to get warriors inside the gate. They then attacked the British garrison and took the fort. This was just one of many similar attacks on British forts in the region

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