Monday, October 10, 1774. The Battle of Point Pleasant

The Battle of Point Pleasant (Battle of Kanawha, Battle of Great Kanawha) was fought between Virginian militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors in what is now West Virginia.

It was the only major battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, prevailed and took his forces into the Ohio Valley.

The action effectively concluded the war in favor of Virginia and the Crown.

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Friday, October 7, 1774. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, Colonial North America, Massachusetts

August 17, 1774. Militia Muster.

The first known muster of Tennessee Militiamen took place when Capt. Evan Shelby and 49 militiamen,  formed a volunteer company to fight with Virginia militia in Lord Dunmore’s War. 

The company was called the Fincastle Company.

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Tuesday, August 16, 1774. No to the British judiciary.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, Colonial North America, Connecticut, Court, Courthouses, Massachetts

Tuesday, July 26, 1774. First armed move in Lord Dunmore's War.

British/Virginian forces under  Angus McDonald crossed the Ohio River to attack the Shawnee villages of Wakatomika.

Angus McDonald, former Jacobite, present commander of British forces, and later American revolutionary.  He'd die in 1778 from an overdose of Antimony potassium tartrate.

Last edition:

Sunday, July 23, 1774. A meeting in Savannah.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, Colonial North America, Georgia