Who's Who

Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson, Virginia statesman and lawyer

George Mason, Virginia statesman and lawyer

George Wythe, Virginia statesman and lawyer

Colonel George Rogers Clark (later Brigadier-General)

Major Joseph Bowman

Lieutenant John Bailey (promoted to captain)

Captain Leonard Helm

Captain Richard McCarty (W. in Clark's Memoir)

Captain John Rodgers (Rogers in Clark's Memoir)

Captain John Williams

Captain Edward Worthington (Wetherington in Bowman's Journal)

Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, Commander of Fort Detroit

John Hay, Militia Major

Guillaume La Mothe, Captain of Volunteer Militia Company

François Bosseron, mayor of Vincennes, banker, merchant, elected captain of French militia, commissioned a major by Clark

William Clark, George's younger brother, member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, later Governor of Missouri Territory

William Clark, George's cousin, surveyor-in-chief of Clark's grant, trustee of Clarksville

Lucy Croghan, sister of George Rogers Clark, wife of William Croghan

William Croghan, husband of Lucy, brother-in-law of George Rogers Clark

Father Pierre Gibault, missionary priest of the Illinois Country, loyal to Americans

Francis Maisonville, Detroit boatwright, loyal to British

Tobacco's Son, influential Piankashaw

Francis Vigo, Spanish merchant, loyal to Americans

225th Anniversary Exhibit

• Home
• Under Many Nations
• American Revolution in the East
• American Revolution in the West
• Clark Goes West
• Year of the "Bloody Sevens"
• Clark's Daring Plan
• The Campaign Begins
• Taking Kaskaskia
• Taking Cahokia
• Taking Fort Sackville
• Peace with the Indians
• The British Retake Fort Sackville
• Clark Learns about Hamilton's Move
• March to Vincennes - February 5, 1779
• March to Vincennes - February 15, 1779
• March to Vincennes - February 17, 1779
• March to Vincennes - February 22, 1779
• March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - The Dry Ground
• March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - Warriors Island
• March to Vincennes - February 23, 1779 - Clark Attacks the Fort
• The Fort under Siege - February 24, 1779
• Terms of Surrender Determined - February 24, 1779
• Clark and the End of the American Revolution
• Clark after the American Revolution
• Plat of Clark's Grant
• Additional Aspects of Clark's Life and Work
• Clark's Death
• Celebrating Clark
• Note on the Sources
• Who's Who
• Timeline
• Exhibit Bibliography
• Contributing Organizations