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The Crawford expedition, also known as the Battle of Sandusky, the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat, was a 1782 campaign on the western front of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the final operations of the conflict. The campaign was led by Colonel William Crawford, a former officer in the U.S. Continental Army.
However, the Crawford expedition ended on June 4 after a skirmish south of modern-day Carey, and the Americans retreated. Colonel Crawford was captured by the Indians after the battle, and seven days later he was tortured and burned at the stake on the banks of Tymochtee Creek in present-day northeastern Wyandot County. [2]
In 1782, General William Irvine persuaded Crawford to lead an expedition against enemy Native American villages along the Sandusky River. Before leaving, on May 16 he made out his will and testament. [45] His son John Crawford, his son-in-law William Harrison, and his nephew and namesake William Crawford also joined the expedition. Execution of ...
"With most Delawares now pro-British, in April 1781 American Colonel Daniel Brodhead led an expedition into the Ohio Country and destroyed the Delaware town of Coshocton." This sentence is a little awkward. I'd break it up. Paragraphy dealing with Delaware Christians is a little awkward as well.
Crawford’s Defeat by the Indians" is an early American folk ballad principally written by Doctor John Knight, [1] [2] survivor of the 1782 Crawford Expedition. The expedition was intended to destroy American Indian towns along the Sandusky River and was one of the final operations of the American Revolutionary War .
An early home run was all the offense Colonel Crawford could muster in a loss to Mohawk. It was the Eagles' first in Northern 10 play this season.
Illustration depicting the Continental Army during the American Revolution. John B. McClelland (1734 [1] –1782 [2]) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War.He was captured by American Indians during the Crawford Expedition and tortured to death at the Shawnee town of Wakatomika, which is currently located in Logan County, Ohio, about halfway between West Liberty, Ohio and Zanesfield ...
The Tigers spoiled Colonel Crawford's chance at a third consecutive district title and the program's fourth in five years. That the Eagles even made it this far with just 7.5 points per game ...