Led by John Murray, the fourth Earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia, a force of colonials including George Rogers Clark, Daniel Morgan, Michael Cresap, Adam Stephen, and Andrew Lewis successfully drove the Indians from the territory south of the Ohio River in parts of present-day West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky.The American War of Independence broke out on this day (April 19) in 1775, when 70 Massachusetts militiamen confronted 700 British troops on the Lexington green.The first minutemen of the American Revolution were organized in Worcester county, Mass in September of 1774 when officials at the Worcester County Convention decided to weed out loyalists in the militia by requiring the resignation of all officers and then reconstituting the militia into seven regiments with new officers.Join us on Monday, April 24th, 2017, as we welcome back Glenn F Williams to the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia has he presents his book, “ Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict of America’s Colonial Era“. Known to history as “Dunmore’s War,” the 1774 campaign against a Shawnee-led Indian confederacy in the Ohio Country marked the final time an American colonial militia took to the field in His Majesty’s service and under royal command. Add comments Tagged with: American militiamen, American Revolution, battles at Lexington and Concord, British army, British grenadiers, British soldier, Charlestown Massachusetts, farmer, flintlock pistols, Fortress of Louisbourg, French and Indian War, King George’s War, musket, patriot, pistols, Samuel Whittemore, soldier, state hero of.
Ironically, at the same time Virginia militiamen fought the biggest battle of Dunmore’s War under command of a king’s officer, delegates to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia decided on a united resistance to Parliament’s heavy-handed Coercive, or “Intolerable” Acts that threatened representative government in all the colonies. And What happened first in the American RevolutionAs an immediate result of Dunmore’s War, the frontier remained quiet for two years, giving the colonies the critical time to debate and declare independence before Britain convinced its Indian allies to resume attacks on American back country settlements. 4000 minute men and militiamen answered the Lexington Alarm and saw combat on the 19th of April. In the process, he corrects much of the folklore concerning the war and frontier fighting in general, demonstrating that the Americans did not adopt Indian tactics for wilderness fighting as is popularly thought, but rather adapted European techniques to the woods.Apwas the first battle of the American Revolution. Supported by primary source research, the author describes each military operation and illustrates the transition of the Virginia militia from a loyal instrument of the king to a weapon of revolution. Williams explains the course and importance of this fascinating event.
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