Fort Laurens, 1778-1779: The Revolutionary War in Ohio by Thomas I. Pieper,James B. Gidney

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By Thomas I. Pieper,James B. Gidney

whereas the most motion of the Revolution swirled alongside the Atlantic seaboard. Ohio was once a no man’s land among the Colonists’ citadel Pitt and the British citadel Detroit. A crusade to neutralize Detroit and win the allegiance of the Indians in Ohio used to be instigated through common Washington in 1778, and within the fall of that yr citadel Laurens was once erected at the banks of the Tuscarawas River because the deliberate first step to safe the Western Frontier. yet fortunes of warfare, logistics, and offers, to assert not anything of reconsiderations via the better command, doomed the enterprise to failure. castle Laurens is still the deepest—indeed, the only—Revolutionary conflict army payment in what's now the kingdom of Ohio.The short historical past of castle Laurens is a narrative of braveness combined with confusion, of bravery and worry, of a bit Valley Forge at the western facet of the suffering nation. The lengthy wintry weather within which an ill-equipped handful of guys scrounged for nutrition and withstood assault to keep up their outpost within the desolate tract is an undeservedly missed a part of the progressive warfare tale and an exciting starting to the Ohio story. This e-book is the 1st whole account of the episode, drawing on the entire documentary facts to be had and putting it within the context of the bigger fight for independence.Today the positioning of citadel Laurens is a country historic monument with a viewers’ middle and museum visited via millions each one year. it's also the scene of an archaeological dig that's extra firmly constructing the outlines and constitution of the unique fortress in addition to confirming and clarifying the old evidence. citadel Laurens brings this a part of the tale brand new, and new maps aid the reader enjoy the scope of the fortress Laurens crusade and the chances it faced.

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