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At the Battle of Waxhaws in May 1780, British troops killed surrendering Virginia regulars and militiamen. He commanded the British troops that slaughtered the Americans:

At the Battle of Waxhaws in May 1780, British troops killed surrendering Virginia regulars and militiamen. He commanded the British troops that slaughtered the Americans.

Originally built by the French in 1731 as Fort Vincennes, this English fort was captured by Colonel George Rogers Clark in 1779 during the American Revolution:

He coined the phrase: "These are times that try men?s souls."

This president signed the act that officially established the U.S. Marine Corps:

The Gnadenhutten Massacre of March 8, 1782, occurred in what is now this state.

In the winter of 1778, American troops stationed at this fort on the Hudson River nicknamed the place "Point Purgatory."