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End of Revolution Recounts 1782 Western Front
In 1782 frontier settlers faced renewed war as Gnadenhuetten Massacre spurred Crawford’s defeat and a brutal retreat. Kentucky defense at Bryan’s Station and the Blue Licks tragedy preceded George Rogers Clark’s counteroffensive, leading to Clark’s 1782 victories and a strengthened western boundary for the new nation.
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Giober
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
New England
Cornwallis
George Washington
Yorktown
Atlantic Seaboard
Alleghenies
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
West
Gnadenhuetten
Ohio
David Williamson
Virginia
Mingo Bottom
Sandusky
William Crawford
Washington
Crawford
Wyandot
Caldwell
Detroit
Williamson
Kight
Knight
Delaware
Doctor Knight
Simon -Girty
Girty
Fort. Pitt
Upper
Hannastown
McKee
Wheeling
George Rogers Clark
Licking River
Caldwell and
Fayette
Bryan
Payette County
Bryan's Station
Aaron Reynolds
Simon
Reynolds
Bryan's
Boone
Wentuckian
Israel
Lexington
McConnell’s
McGee
John Todd
Harrodsburg
Trigg
McGarry
George Rogers
Clark
Miami
Roosevelt
Blue Licks
Joneer
America
George “Rogers Dirk
Old Northwest
New
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Union