The Dunmore War 1774

The Dunmore War 1774 (HMDPY)

Location: Gallipolis, OH 45631 Gallia County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 48.515', W 82° 12.14'

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The Shawnee and Delaware Indians grew restless as numbers of Virginians encroached on their lands by settling along the Ohio River. On October 10, 1774, Lord Dunmore, of the Virginia Colony, ordered Colonel Andrew Lewis and his 1100 Virginia militiamen to attack the Shawnee Indians near Chillicothe, Ohio. While Lewis's army camped across the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Shawnee Chief Cornstalk, with 1000 warriors, crossed the river upstream for a surprise attack on the Virginia militia. After a five hour battle, the Shawnee retreated west across the Ohio. Some refer to this as the last battle fought by the Colonists while subject to British rule, and really, the first battle of the American Revolution. On November 5, 1774, Lord Dunmore at Camp Charlotte on the Pickaway Plains, Dunmore's officers met at Fort Gower, Hockingport, Ohio (48 miles upstream) and passed this resolution of "liberty":

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"Resolved, that we will bear the most faithful allegiance to His Majesty, King George the Third, whilst His Majesty delights to reign over a brave and free people; that we will, at the expense of life, and everything dear and valuable, exert ourselves in support of his crown, and the dignity of the British Empire. But as the love of liberty, and attachment to the real interests and just rights of America outweigh every other consideration, we resolve that we will exert every power within us for the defense of American liberty, and for the support of her just rights and privileges; not on any precipitate, riotous or tumultuous voice of our countrymen. Signed by order and in behalf of the whole corps. Benjamin Ashby, Clerk"
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HM NumberHMDPY
Series This marker is part of the Indian Wars Battlefield Trails series, and the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series.
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Marker Number7-27
Year Placed1992
Placed BySociety of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 4:45pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 395606 N 4296221
Decimal Degrees38.80858333, -82.20233333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 48.515', W 82° 12.14'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 48' 30.90" N, 82° 12' 8.40" W
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Area Code(s)740
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2-40 Locust St, Gallipolis OH 45631, US
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