Western theatre of the American Revolutionary War

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Was the western theater of war of the American Revolutionary War. It encompassed engagements primarily in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes region and Spanish Louisiana.

Chronology

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1. Illinois Campaign

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Was a series of engagements during the American Revolutionary War in which a small force of Virginia militia led by George Rogers Clark seized control of several British posts in the Illinois Country of the Province of Quebec, located in modern-day Illinois and Indiana in the Midwestern United States.

July 1778: In late 1778, George Rogers Clark, a militia officer from Virginia, launched a campaign to take over the Illinois country, where the British had few garrisons. With a company of volunteers, Clark captured Kaskaskia.

January 1779: U.S. troops capture Vincennes at the end of 1778.

January 1779: The combined British/Indian column of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton recaptures the distant settlement of Vincennes (Indiana) from Captain Leonard Helm.

February 1779: Clark marches on Vincennes in a surprise winter march and captures British Lieutenant Hamilton.

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Selected Sources

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Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.86

Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.91

Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.94