On this day in 1779,
Vincennes exchanges hands for a third time with the return of Col. George Rogers Clark. Clark Captures Lt. Governor Henry (hair buyer) Hamilton. Hamilton, is rumored to have offered bounties to Indians for the scalps of frontier men and women, and 23 prisoners are sent to Williamsburg after The Battle of Vincennes.
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Vincennes exchanges hands for a third time with the return of Col. George Rogers Clark. Clark Captures Lt. Governor Henry (hair buyer) Hamilton. Hamilton, is rumored to have offered bounties to Indians for the scalps of frontier men and women, and 23 prisoners are sent to Williamsburg after The Battle of Vincennes.
More Colonial Battles
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