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From: "Roger" <>
Subject: RE: [CASEY-L] The Battle
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:05:01 -0500
In-Reply-To: <001b01c2bb42$a72d6180$c850ead0@mshome.net>


Hello Don. I live in the heart of that area and have studied it pretty
well for 36 years now. A lot of my other ancestors were in the battle,
and some of my ancestors were married in to the various Indian nations.
Lexington Concord known as the Shot Heard Round the World was always
touted to be the start of the Revolutionary War, but it was not. The
reason The Battle of Point Pleasant was called "Dunmore's War", was
because he created it. In 1774 the aggression toward England had
already started. The colonists were organizing in groups and voicing
their opposition to the crown for being taxed to death, and all the
money being sent to England and nothing being used to better the home
front. Lord Dunmore saw this, and feared that an uprising of the
colonists would take place at any time. So, he struck a deal with Chief
Cornstalk leader of the Shawnee Nation to raid the Pt. Pleasant area so
that it would scare the colonists into believing that they had to have
the protection of the British Army. The deal being struck, Dunmore got
word to Gen. Andrew Lewis about a possible Indian invasion. He along
with his brother Col. Charles Lewis and many companies of men left
Greenbrier Co., headed for the standoff with the Indians at Pt.
Pleasant. But he was also a smart tactician and did not just blunder
in. He sent scouts ahead by 1 and 2 days earlier to find the movements
of the Shawnee. Most of the Shawnee were already in place waiting for
the ambush that didn't happen. Historians have now agreed and accepted
the Battle of Pt. Pleasant as being the first battle of the
Revolutionary War. My people lived in the area during and after that
time. I live a couple of ridges away. If you need support material for
this, I can direct you to some sites.

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Erickson [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:31 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] William Casey/Battle of Pt Pleasant


Hi, Roger.
I was wondering why you called Dunmore's war
the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

Dunmore's War took place in 1774, and involved Virginians
from Virginia and what is now West Virginia fighting the
Shawnee Indians. John Murray Dunmore, 4th Earl of Dunmore
(1732-1809) was a British colonial administrator, and
Governor of Virginia 1771-1776.

It was simply a campaign to drive the Indians out of Virginia and
environs, and was not a war against England.

don
Don Erickson, Colorado Springs CO
www.pcisys.net/~don_erickson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:43 AM
Subject: RE: [CASEY-L] William Casey/Battle of Pt Pleasant


> I do not know. I just saw him listed in the roster. This battle
> sometimes known as "Lord Dunmore's War" was the first battle of the
> Revolutionary War. The average ages of those soldiers were about 30
> yrs. old.
>
> Roger



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