After aborting plans to raid Fort Detroit due to a lack of enlistments (1779), quoted in Wilson, George R., Thornbrough, Gayle (1946), The Buffalo Trace pages: 189, place: Indianapolis, publisher: Indiana Historical Society, series: Indiana Historical Society Publications, volume 15, number 2
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Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.
— George Rogers Clark
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About George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American pioneer and military officer credited with winning the Northwest Territory during the American Revolution.
About George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American pioneer and military officer credited with winning the Northwest Territory during the American Revolution.
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