Fort Sackville

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British military fortification frontier fort

Fort Sackville was an 18th-century British frontier fort at Vincennes in present-day Indiana, best known for its capture by George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Sackville canonical	6
British garrison of Fort Sackville	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military fortification ⓘ frontier fort ⓘ
capturedBy	George Rogers Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia militia forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedFrom	British forces ⓘ Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
controlledBy	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec (British colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfCapture	1779-02-25 ⓘ
garrison	British regulars and Canadian militia ⓘ Native American allies of the British ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (commemorative site) ⓘ
locatedIn	Illinois Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincennes, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTime	18th century ⓘ
namedAfter	Lord George Germain, Viscount Sackville NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	capture by George Rogers Clark ⓘ
partOf	British defenses in the Old Northwest ⓘ
precededBy	French fort at Vincennes ⓘ
presentLocationUse	commemorated by a memorial and reconstructed fort at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park ⓘ
regionServed	Northwest Territory (historic region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Fort Patrick Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	surrender of British garrison to American forces ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of the Wabash River corridor ⓘ
usedFor	control of frontier trade and travel ⓘ military defense ⓘ
yearOfCapture	1779 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Sackville, Vincennes → alsoKnownAs → Fort Sackville ⓘ

Battle of Vincennes → location → Fort Sackville ⓘ

Battle of Vincennes → capturedFort → Fort Sackville ⓘ

Battle of Vincennes → involvedUnit → Fort Sackville ⓘ

this entity surface form: British garrison of Fort Sackville

Illinois campaign → involvedFort → Fort Sackville ⓘ

Illinois campaign → relatedTo → Fort Sackville ⓘ

Siege of Fort Sackville → place → Fort Sackville ⓘ