Battle of Point Pleasant
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battle-of-point-pleasant-162-5206843
title:
Battle of Point Pleasant
text:
The Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha and the Battle of Great Kanawha, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, between the Virginia militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors. Along the Ohio River near modern-day Point Pleasant, West Virginia, forces under the Shawnee chief Cornstalk attacked Virginia militiamen under Colonel Andrew Lewis, hoping to halt Lewis's advance into the Ohio Valley. After a long and furious battle, Cornstalk
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Battle between Virginian militia and Indigenous Americans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant
date created:
2004-06-10T14:16:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:44:59Z
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