Remembering Voices of Sackville

Ultimately, Clark never made it to Detroit, but continued to fight for the Americans until the end of the Revolutionary War. Fort Sackville, which had been renamed Fort Patrick Henry, was retained until the end of the war and then abandoned. By 1783, Italian merchant Francis Vigo had moved to Vincennes where he served as Colonel in the militia. Father Gibault also moved to Vincennes and later to New Madrid (present day Missouri) before dying in 1802 at the age of 65. Hamilton was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange, becoming the Deputy Governor of Quebec, then the Governor of Bermuda. Many of Hamilton’s American Indian allies faced increasing conflict with the Americans, as even more citizens poured into the area with the creation of the Northwest Territory in 1787.

But long after all of these individuals were gone, people were still remembering the events that transpired at Fort Sackville in many ways. Click on the links to the right to explore how Sackville has been remembered throughout history.