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Battle of Point Pleasant

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  • history of American Revolution
    • Point Pleasant: Battle Monument State Park
      In Point Pleasant

      On October 10, 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant was fought. At the confluence of the two rivers, General Andrew Lewis and a band of Virginia frontiersmen defeated the allied Shawnee, Delaware, Mingo, Ottawa, and others under Shawnee leader Chief Cornstalk. That victory, which allowed the settlers to inhabit the…

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association with

    • Lewisburg
      • In Lewisburg

        …Cornstalk that culminated in the Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774).

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    • Lord Dunmore’s War
      • In Lord Dunmore’s War

        …occurred October 10 at the Battle of Point Pleasant, in which the Shawnee under Chief Cornstalk were decisively defeated. To protect their families from attack, Shawnee chiefs quickly agreed in the Treaty of Camp Charlotte to relinquish their hunting grounds to the white settlers.

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