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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.
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 ...
In the spring of 1782, Colonel William Crawford, a former Continental Army officer, led about 500 volunteers in a campaign against the Indigenous villages along the Sandusky River. On June 4, as the expedition approached the Wyandot village of Upper Sandusky, they were met by a mixed force of Wyandot, Lenape (Delaware), Lakes' Indians, and ...
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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 ...
"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.
The Eagles scored 40 in the first half and held the Roughriders to just four points in the second half including a shutout third quarter.