Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Forces

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The Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Forces was a Revolutionary War-era Virginia state military unit, led by George Rogers Clark, that conducted frontier campaigns against British outposts in the Old Northwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War unit ⓘ
Virginia state forces unit ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
United States (Continental cause) ⓘ
areaOfOperations Illinois Country ⓘ
Old Northwest ⓘ
western frontier of Virginia ⓘ
associatedWith Continental cause in the West ⓘ
Virginia militia ⓘ
branch infantry ⓘ
campaign George Rogers Clark’s western campaigns ⓘ
Illinois campaign ⓘ
commander George Rogers Clark ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Illinois Country (field-based operations) ⓘ
historicalRegion Northwest Territory precursor ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
leader George Rogers Clark ⓘ
namedAfter Illinois Country ⓘ
notableEngagement capture of Kaskaskia ⓘ
operations against British posts in the Illinois Country ⓘ
opponent British provincial forces ⓘ
British-allied Native American groups ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
partOf Virginia State Forces ⓘ
linked to: Virginia militia
purpose to conduct frontier campaigns against British outposts in the Old Northwest ⓘ
raisedBy Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
role frontier warfare ⓘ
seizure of British outposts ⓘ
theater Old Northwest ⓘ
Western theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
timePeriod American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
type state regiment ⓘ

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Fort Sackville, Vincennes → capturedBy → Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Forces ⓘ
Battle of Vincennes → involvedUnit → Illinois Regiment of Virginia State Forces ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Regiment of the Virginia State Forces