George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clarkwas a surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentuckymilitia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskiaand Vincennesduring the Illinois Campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth19 November 1752
CountryUnited States of America