The Battle of Point Pleasant: A Critical Event at the Onset of a Revolution
()
About this ebook
Just six months prior to the onset of the American Revolution a major battle raged between colonial Virginians and the native Indians of western Virginia. This was the Battle of Point Pleasant fought on October 10, 1774. For various reasons, this battle has been recognized by some as the first battle of the American Revolution. However, evidence clearly shows that the Battle of Point Pleasant had no connection with the American Revolution. Rather, the Battle of Point Pleasant was the final battle of the American Colonial Wars. Though it was not a part of the Revolution, it was a critical event in American history that acted to open the settlement of the west and to free Colonial resources to ensure victory in the war for independence.
Colin Mustful
Colin Mustful is an independent historian, author, and publisher. His work, which includes five historical novels, focuses on the tumultuous and complicated periods of settler-colonialism and Native displacement in American history. He has a Master of Arts degree in history and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. He is the founder and editor of History Through Fiction, an independent press that publishes compelling historical novels that are based on real events and people. As a traditional publisher, he works with authors who want to share important historical stories with the world. Mustful is an avid runner and soccer player who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He believes that learning history is vital to understanding our world today and finding just, long-lasting solutions for the future.
Read more from Colin Mustful
Unwarranted Expulsion: The Removal of the Winnebago Indians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReclaiming Mni Sota: An Alternate History of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCeding Contempt: Minnesota’s Most Significant Historical Event Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResisting Removal: The Sandy Lake Tragedy of 1850 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Welcome Tragedy: Factors that Led to the U.S. - Dakota Conflict of 1862 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnabashed Hypocrisy: A Dichotomy of Values Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tobacco Controversy of 1857: An Early Debate and its Delayed Results Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrace At Spirit Lake Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Generation of 1837: Attitudes, Policies, and Actions Toward Indian Populations of Argentina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Tobacco Controversy: The Tobacco Controversy of 1857 Revisited Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Battle of Point Pleasant
Related ebooks
McKee Family of Pennsylvania: Loyalists & Patriots: McKee Family of Pennsylvania and Their Native American Kin, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistoric Fort Loudoun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Thomas Fleming's The Strategy of Victory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWood County: West Virginia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civil War and the Indian Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Patriots, Pistols, and Petticoats: "Poor Sinful Charles Town" during the American Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Red Bird and the Devil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUppermost Canada: The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Buffalo Runners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tybee Island: The Long Branch of the South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Road Trip Through American History: Volume I: Native Americans and Revolutionary Times Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History of Colonial Virginia under the Stuarts: 1607-1688 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClarkston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Legends: The Life of Tecumseh Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJacksonville Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids and Skirmishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnderson County Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohn Brown's Virginia Raid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMolly Brant: Mohawk Loyalist and Diplomat Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ira Township Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRemembering Haverhill: Stories from the Merrimack Valley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fort Reno and the Indian Territory Frontier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe French & Indian War in North Carolina: The Spreading Flames of War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Battle of Westport: Missouri's Great Confederate Raid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5True Tales of the South at War: How Soldiers Fought and Families Lived, 1861-1865 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary's Master: Colonization and the Indians in 17Th Century New England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRemembering Morven and the Old 660Th District Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Native American History For You
Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Complete Reader's Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Elk: The Life of an American Visionary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lakota Woman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, & Endurance in Early America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Captivity of the Oatman Girls Among the Apache and Mohave Indians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Called Me Number One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS: collected 1636–1919 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Comanche Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI By David Grann Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBad Indians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5365 Days Of Walking The Red Road: The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans: An A to Z of Tribes, Culture, and History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Soul of an Indian: And Other Writings from Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Battle of Point Pleasant
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Battle of Point Pleasant - Colin Mustful
The Battle of Point Pleasant:
A Critical Event at the Onset of a Revolution
Colin Mustful
Published by Colin Mustful at Smashwords
Copyright 2014 Colin Mustful
Abstract
Just six months prior to the onset of the American Revolution a major battle raged between colonial Virginians and the native Indians of western Virginia. This was the Battle of Point Pleasant fought on October 10, 1774. For various reasons, this battle has been recognized by some as the first battle of the American Revolution. However, evidence clearly shows that the Battle of Point Pleasant had no connection with the American Revolution. Rather, the Battle of Point Pleasant was the final battle of the American Colonial Wars. Though it was not a part of the Revolution, it was a critical event in American history that acted to open the settlement of the west and to free Colonial resources to ensure victory in the war for independence.
Contents
Essay – The Battle of Point Pleasant
Appendix A – Letters
William Crawford to John Penn, April 8, 1774
William Crawford to George Washington, May 8, 1774
William Crawford to George Washington, June 8, 1774
Major Arthur Campbell to Colonel William Preston, July 1, 1774
Extract from a letter of Colonel William Preston to George Washington, August 15, 1774
Appendix B – Personal Accounts
Account of McDonald’s Expedition from Dr. Draper
Isaac Shelby’s Account of the Battle
Appendix C – Agreements
Proclamation, by Henry Bouquet, Esquire, Colonel of Foot, and Commanding at Fort Pitt and Dependencies
Treaty of Camp Charlotte: The Terms of Reconciliation
Appendix D – Gratitude Paid to Lord Dunmore
A Resolution by the Officers, Who Served Under Lord Dunmore, Adopted at Fort Gower, Mouth of the Hockhocking River, November 5, 1774.
Resolution Adopted by the Virginia Convention Which Assembled at Richmond, March 20, 1775
Address of the Freeholders of Fincastle (Virginia) to Lord Dunmore, April 8, 1775
Bibliography
End Notes
The Battle of Point Pleasant
On October 10, 1774, the principle event of Lord Dunmore’s War, the Battle of Point Pleasant, raged between colonial Virginians and the native Indians of western Virginia. The battle ended in just one day with the retreat of the natives and victory for the settlers. The Battle of Point Pleasant resulted in the subjugation of western Indian tribes and in the advancement of the line of settlement west from the Alleghany Mountains to the Ohio River. Furthermore, victory for the colonial Virginians quieted tensions between Indians and settlers which allowed all necessary resources to be employed toward the approaching Revolutionary War against the British.
The Battle of Point Pleasant was a significant and consequential event in the history of the United States, however, its place in that history is controversial. Accusations made against John Murray the Earl of Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, suggest that he incited the battle in order to weaken the citizen militia of Virginia giving the British a greater advantage over colonial powers. Also, some argue that the Indians colluded with Dunmore and were therefore allied with the British as early as 1774. These arguments propose that the Battle of Point Pleasant should be recognized as the