George Rogers Clark George Rogers Clark led soldiers down the Ohio River and captured many towns. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
During the American Revolutionary War, the overall military leader of the American Army was General George Washington. Various other commanders led armies and otherwise contributed to the war-effort, of course, while the political leaders in the Continental Congress provided final judgment on many related logistical and strategic considerations.
He tricked the British into believing he had a large army by having his men yell and scream as they attacked the fort. The British quickly surrenderedGeorge Clark outwitted the British at Fort Sackville in Vincennes (in today's Indiana) by convincing them he had more soldiers. He also discouraged the local Native American tribes from aiding the British by having four captured Natives publically killed. The British surrendered the fort.George Rogers Clark outwitted the British by making them surrender a fort because they believed Clark had them greatly outnumbered. He did not. His victory kept the Northwest Territories out of British hands.
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George Rogers Clark
george rogers clarks troops captured the kaskaskia post and the vincennes.
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark George Rogers Clark led soldiers down the Ohio River and captured many towns. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
With his first wife, Julia Hancock, Clark had five children. They were Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr., William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Rogers Hancock Clark and John Julius Clark. After his first wife's death he remarried her first cousin, Harriet Kennerly Radford. With her Clark had 3 kids: Jefferson Kearny Clark, Edmund Clark, and Harriet Clark.
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
William Clark was married to Julia Hancock and they had five children: Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr. (at who's house he died and who was named after his friend Meriwether Lewis); William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Rogers Hancock Clark (named after Clark's older brother) and John Julius Clark. After Julia's death, William Clark married her first cousin Harriet Kennerly Radford, and they had three children: Jefferson Kearny Clark, Edmund Clark, and Harriet Clark. In total he had eight children.
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
Meriwether Lewis had on son with a Lakota woman Named Ikpsapewin. Zomi aka Turkey Head Lewis born in 1804. Clark would marry twice and have several children. With his first wife, Julia Hancock, Clark had five children. They were Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr., William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Rogers Hancock Clark and John Julius Clark. After his first wife's death he remarried her first cousin, Harriet Kennerly Radford. With her Clark had 3 kids: Jefferson Kearny Clark, Edmund Clark, and Harriet Clark.