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Painting depicts the surrender of British-held Fort Sackville by Henry Hamilton, lieutenant governor of Detroit, to George Rogers Clark on February 25, 1779. This victory helped the Americans gain control of the region north of the Ohio River and…

No. 111 Application to Confirm and Indian Grant. Communicated to the House of Representatives December 23, 1805

Henry Hamilton to George Rogers Clark, February 24, 1779, Articles of Surrender

The Virginia (State) Council outlines why Henry Hamilton is being held as a Prisoner of War in Williamsburg.

Secret orders given by Virginia Governor Patrick Henry authorizing George Rogers Clark to attack British posts in the area called the Illinois County. The goal was to protect American settlements in the frontier from further British-sponsored Indian…

Historic artifacts recovered from one of the excavated trenches

Artifacts such as a brass tinkler, brass crucifix, pipe fragment, and ceramic fragments

Archaeological excavation unit showing the jog in Wall A which was uncovered

A Map showing Corn Island. In early 1778, Clark went from Williamsburg to Fort Pitt to recruit men and obtain supplies. He then travelled down the Ohio River to Corn Island at the Falls of the Ohio before proceeding to Fort Sackville. Engraved for…

In 1869, Clark family members had the remains of the General exhumed and reinterred in the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, where he still rests today.

Gravestone for Gen. George Rogers Clark.
Born Q. S. NOV. 9, 1752
DIED FEB. 13, 1818