| Description |
96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. |
|
text rdacontent |
|
unmediated rdamedia |
|
volume rdacarrier |
| Series |
Campaign ; 273 |
|
Campaign (Osprey Publishing) ; 273.
|
| Note |
Includes orders of battle. |
| Contents |
Chronology -- Opposing commanders -- Opposing armies -- Opposing plans -- The campaign and battle -- The aftermath -- The battlefield today. |
| Summary |
"In 1774, war between the American colonists and Britain was rapidly approaching. But even as this great threat grew, a different kind of conflict had already broken out. Escalating tensions between Virginia settlers and Indians exploded into Lord Dunmore's War and the decisive Battle of Point Pleasant. Dunmore and Colonel Andrew Lewis each led a militia army in a two-pronged attack on the Shawnee and Mingo tribes in the Ohio Valley. On October 10, 1774, the Indians under the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk struck first at what is now Point Pleasant, West Virginia. After a furious and closely-fought encounter, Cornstalk's warriors were thrown back, and were pursued by Dunmore and Lewis to the Shawnee villages. There, the Indians were forced to agree to American settlement of what is now West Virginia and Kentucky. This is a detailed, illustrated account of the last battle in which Americans fought as British colonists, as they cared out a new western border beyond the Appalachian Mountains"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 -- Military leadership.
|
|
Point Pleasant, Battle of, West Virginia, 1774.
|
|
Lord Dunmore's War, 1774.
|
|
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
|
|
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
|
|
Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795.
|
|
Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. (OCoLC)fst00097226
|
|
Lord Dunmore's War (1774) (OCoLC)fst01002514
|
|
Point Pleasant, Battle of (West Virginia : 1774) (OCoLC)fst01404579
|
|
Indians of North America -- Wars.
(OCoLC)fst00969954
|
|
Military leadership. (OCoLC)fst01185276
|
|
Ohio River Valley. (OCoLC)fst01243054
|
|
Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
|
|
West Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01205316
|
| Chronological Term |
To 1815
|
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| Added Author |
Dennis, Peter, 1950- illustrator.
|
| ISBN |
9781472805096 |
|
1472805097 |
|
9781472805102 (e-book) |
|
9781472805119 (e-pub) |
|
