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    Point Pleasant 1774: Prelude to the American Revolution
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    Point Pleasant 1774: Prelude to the American Revolution

    By John F. Winkler and Peter Dennis

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    The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Following increased tensions and a series of incidents between the American settlers and the natives, Dunmore, the last colonial governor of Virginia, and Colonel Andrew Lewis led two armies against the tribes. On October 10, 1774 Lewis and his men resisted a fierce attack, led by Shawnee chief Keigh-tugh-qua, or Cornstalk, at Point Pleasant, near the mouth of the Kanawha river. Despite significant losses on both sides, Lewis succeeded in forcing the Shawnee to retreat back to their settlements in the Scioto Valley. In the aftermath of the battle the Treaty of Camp Charlotte was signed in attempt to secure peace in the region and ultimately opened up Kentucky for American settlement. Illustrated with photographs, detailed maps and bird's-eye-views, this title brings to life one of the most significant pre-Revolutionary conflicts between American settlers and the native tribes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateSep 20, 2014
    ISBN9781472805119
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    Point Pleasant 1774: Prelude to the American Revolution
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    John F. Winkler

    John F. Winkler lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife of more than 40 years. They have three children and six grandchildren. He has written many works on the history of Roman, English, and American law. He also explores forgotten historical sites in Ohio and neighboring states.

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      A competent straightforward account of the campaign (commonly called Lord Dunmore's War) in which Dunmore, the last British royal governor of Virginia,sent two small armies of VIrginia militia to the then Virgnia border with the lands claimed by the Shawnees and other Naive peoples in Ohio. Dunmore himself led one column; the other column was the one the natives --Shawnees, with some volunteers from other tribes -- chose to attack in their camp at the meeting of the Kanawha and Ohio RIvers. After fierce fighting, the militia won the battle. Afterwards, the Natives ceded what became Kentucky and western Virginia (later West Virginia. many of those involved went on to be active in the American Revolution and in the Native wars in the 1790s. One odd note: Dunmore himself and one of his aides, Angus MacDonald, had both served at Culloden, on the Jacobite side.