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British Strike Back Against Clark’s Gains in Illinois Country
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British Strike Back Against Clark’s Gains in Illinois Country

George Rogers Clark returned to Kentucky in February 1781 with visions of finally capturing the northern British bastion of Fort Detroit. However, although armed with a mandate from the Virginia legislature to raise an army and move on Detroit, very few Virginians were interested in participating in a campaign north of the Ohio when the British were in their backyard in the Tidewater region.

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Brutal Partisan Conflict Erupts in 1778
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Brutal Partisan Conflict Erupts in 1778

The Spring of 1778 in New York and Pennsylvania saw the opening of one of the most brutal phases of the American Revolution. In a conflict that was more of a civil war than a British versus American fight, mixed bands of Loyalists and Indians wreaked havoc on their Patriot adversaries that terrible year.

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