Siege of Fort Sackville

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battle of the American Revolutionary War military siege

The Siege of Fort Sackville was a pivotal 1779 American Revolutionary War engagement in which George Rogers Clark captured the British-held fort at Vincennes, securing the Northwest Territory for the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Fort Sackville canonical 3
Capture of Fort Sackville 2
Battle of Fort Sackville 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Vincennes ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Vincennes (1779)

Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
surface form: Capture of Fort Sackville
associatedPlace Illinois Country ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ
attackerStrength Virginia and frontier militia under George Rogers Clark ⓘ
belligerent British provincial troops ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Native American allies of Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Virginia militia ⓘ
combatantCommanderFor George Rogers Clark ⓘ
surface form: George Rogers Clark – United States

Henry Hamilton ⓘ
surface form: Henry Hamilton – Great Britain
commander George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Henry Hamilton ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1779 ⓘ
endDate 1779-02-25 ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of American control in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
garrisonStrength small British garrison under Henry Hamilton ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
American Revolutionary era ⓘ
location Vincennes, Indiana ⓘ
Wabash River ⓘ
outcome capture of Henry Hamilton ⓘ
reduction of British influence among Native nations in the region ⓘ
partOf Western theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
place Fort Sackville ⓘ
precededBy Illinois campaign ⓘ
surface form: George Rogers Clark’s Illinois campaign
result American control of Vincennes ⓘ
American victory ⓘ
secured U.S. claims to the Northwest Territory ⓘ
surrender of British garrison ⓘ
significance bolstered American claims in the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
helped secure the Old Northwest for the United States in later peace negotiations ⓘ
startDate 1779-02-23 ⓘ
strategicObjective to capture British-held Fort Sackville ⓘ
to undermine British control in the Illinois Country ⓘ
tactic siege and bombardment of the fort ⓘ
surprise approach through flooded terrain ⓘ
winter overland march to Vincennes ⓘ
territorialImpact contributed to U.S. acquisition of territory north of the Ohio River ⓘ
year 1779 ⓘ

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George Rogers Clark → notableWork → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
George Rogers Clark → notableBattle → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Sackville
Battle of Vincennes → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capture of Fort Sackville
Battle of Vincennes → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
Illinois campaign → notableBattle → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
Siege of Fort Sackville → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capture of Fort Sackville
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park → significantEvent → Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
this entity surface form: capture of Fort Sackville