Illinois campaign

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The Illinois campaign was a Revolutionary War military expedition led by George Rogers Clark that secured the Northwest Territory for the United States by capturing key British-held posts in the Illinois Country.

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instanceOf Revolutionary War campaign
military campaign
alsoKnownAs George Rogers Clark
surface form: George Rogers Clark Illinois campaign

Illinois expedition
authorizedBy Patrick Henry
belligerent Great Britain
United States of America
surface form: United States

Virginia
capturedPlace Cahokia
Kaskaskia, Illinois
surface form: Kaskaskia

Vincennes, Indiana
surface form: Vincennes
commander George Rogers Clark
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryClaimedFor United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1779
forceType Virginia militia
frontier volunteers
historicalSignificance expanded U.S. territorial claims west of the Appalachians
helped justify American claims to the Northwest Territory in the Treaty of Paris 1783
involvedFort Fort Gage
Fort Sackville
leader George Rogers Clark
location Illinois Country
Northwest Territory
notableBattle Siege of Fort Sackville
objective to capture British-held posts in the Illinois Country
to secure the Northwest Territory for the United States
partOf Virginia’s western operations in the American Revolutionary War
predecessorPoliticalEntity Province of Quebec
relatedTo Cahokia Mounds region
surface form: Cahokia

Fort Sackville
George Rogers Clark
Illinois Country
Kaskaskia, Illinois
surface form: Kaskaskia

Northwest Territory
Vincennes, Indiana
surface form: Vincennes
result American victory
United States control of much of the Northwest Territory
sponsor Commonwealth of Virginia
startDate 1778
strategy alliance with local French inhabitants
securing Native American neutrality or support
surprise overland march
strengthApproximate about 175 men at outset
target British military presence in the Illinois Country
theater Western theater of the American Revolutionary War

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George Rogers Clark notableWork Illinois campaign
Hair Buyer Hamilton capturedDuring Illinois campaign
this entity surface form: Illinois campaign of the American Revolutionary War
Fort Sackville, Vincennes associatedWithCampaign Illinois campaign
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign
Battle of Vincennes precededBy Illinois campaign
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark’s 1778 Illinois campaign
Capture of Kaskaskia associatedWith Illinois campaign
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign
Siege of Fort Sackville precededBy Illinois campaign
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign