Der var virginia-planter, der kæmpede for den første kamp i den franske og indiske krig?
George Washington
George Rogers Clark
I december 1777 præsenterede Clark sin plan for Virginias guvernør Patrick Henry og bad om tilladelse til at lede en hemmelig ekspedition for at indtage de britiske landsbyer Kaskaskaskia, Cahokia og Vincennes i Illinois-området. Guvernør Henry udnævnte ham til oberstløjtnant i Virginia-militsen og gav ham tilladelse til at rejse tropper til ekspeditionen. Clark og hans officerer rekrutterede frivillige fra Pennsylvania, Virginia og North Carolina. Mændene samledes i begyndelsen af maj nær Falls of the Ohio, syd for Fort Pitt. Regimentet tilbragte omkring en måned langs Ohio-floden for at forberede sig på sin hemmelige mission. Patrick Henry havde før revolutionen været en førende jordspekulant i landområder vest for Appalacherne, hvor Virginians havde forsøgt at få kontrol over indianerne, herunder George Washington og Thomas Jefferson.
George Washington
George Rogers Clark
In December 1777, Clark presented his plan to Virginia's Governor Patrick Henry, and he asked for permission to lead a secret expedition to capture the British-held villages at Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes in the Illinois country. Governor Henry commissioned him as a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia and authorized him to raise troops for the expedition. Clark and his officers recruited volunteers from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. The men gathered in early May near the Falls of the Ohio, south of Fort Pitt. The regiment spent about a month along the Ohio River preparing for its secret mission.Patrick Henry had been a leading land speculator before the Revolution in lands west of the Appalachians where Virginians had sought control from the Indians, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
George Rogers Clark