This is a drawing showing how Clark peacefully won over the French inhabitants of Kaskaskia, assuring a favorable reception from the other French towns, like Vincennes.
US Postage Stamp, 1929 issue designed by F.C. Yohn; George Rogers Clark recaptured Fort Sackville in the February 23, 1779 Battle of Vincennes without losing a single soldier
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…