George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark was an American Revolutionary War military leader renowned for his campaigns in the Northwest Territory and for helping secure the Old Northwest for the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War officer
human
military officer
commemoratedBy George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
place names in the American Midwest
statues and monuments in Indiana
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship United Colonies
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1752-11-19
dateOfDeath 1818-02-13
educatedAt home schooling
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Clark
givenName George
hasPartIn Treaty outcomes affecting the Northwest Territory
memberOf Virginia House of Delegates
militaryBranch Continental forces
Virginia militia
militaryRank brigadier general
colonel
movement American frontier expansion
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement Expanded American control into the Northwest Territory during the Revolutionary War
Helped secure the Old Northwest for the United States
notableBattle Siege of Fort Sackville
surface form: "Battle of Fort Sackville"

Battle of Vincennes
surface form: "Illinois Country campaign"
notableRelative William Clark
notableWork Capture of Kaskaskia
Battle of Vincennes
surface form: "Capture of Vincennes"

Illinois campaign
Northwest Indian War
surface form: "Northwest Territory campaigns"

Securing the Old Northwest for the United States
Siege of Fort Sackville
occupation frontiersman
military leader
soldier
surveyor
placeOfBirth Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
Virginia
placeOfDeath Kentucky
Locust Grove, near Louisville, Kentucky
politicalEntityInvolved Northwest Territory
Old Northwest
residence Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Virginia
sexOrGender male
sibling William Clark

Referenced by (6)

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

Louisville, Kentucky founder George Rogers Clark
Clark County, Ohio namedAfter George Rogers Clark
Clarke County, Virginia namedAfter George Rogers Clark
Clarksburg, West Virginia namedAfter George Rogers Clark
Clark County, Kentucky namedFor George Rogers Clark
William Clark sibling George Rogers Clark