Vincennes, IN
3 documented events — from first stirrings to the final shots.
13
Feb
Clark's Army Crosses the Wabash in Winter
One of the most audacious military movements of the Revolution — 172 men in chest-deep floodwater for five days — succeeded because Clark understood that Hamilton would not expect an attack in February.
25
Lieutenant Governor Hamilton Surrenders Fort Sackville
The capture of 'the Hair-Buyer' Hamilton — so called for his policy of paying Indigenous allies for American scalps — was a propaganda coup as well as a military one. It also established American sovereignty over the entire Northwest.
Jul
Northwest Ordinance Organizes Clark's Conquests
The Ordinance was the most important domestic legislation of the Confederation period. It created the legal framework for admitting new states and, crucially, banned slavery north of the Ohio River.
