George Rogers Clark And The Winning Of The Old Northwest

Download or read book George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Old Northwest written by Robert Carman Alberts and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1778, Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark, a young Revolutionary soldier-frontiersman, was encamped with nearly 200 men near present-day Louisville. He was in possession of secret orders to carry out a daring & hazardous campaign deep in enemy territory, a campaign that would develop into one of the great epics of American history. This book recounts the events of that campaign to capture Vincennes & claim the territory northwest of the Ohio River from the British. The chronological account, concluding with an epilogue, is accompanied by maps illustrating the progress of the campaign.