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Indian tribes within a 500-mile radius of Vincennes into remaining neutral in a fight that had clear long-term implications for their future (or lack thereof). Rappahannock County also has a distinct connection to this historic campaign. At least two local boys, Cpl. William Bowen and Pvt. Thomas Norman were part of Clark’s band of men, a source of considerable pride to their descendants.
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Though George R. and George W. played similar roles in the genesis of the country, they differed in two vital respects: compensation and fame. Clark had assumed personal responsibility for many expenses incurred in his campaigns and was never able to obtain full repayment from Virginia or the United States Congress. He was hounded by creditors for the remainder of his life and finally held in his own name only the land he retired to in Clarksville, IN in 1803. GW famously accepted no salary, but kept a running tab’ of expenses that were later covered by Congress.
At his death, the Father of the Country was eulogized by “Lighthorse” Harry Lee as “First in war, first in peace, and first in the heart’s of his countrymen”, sentiments that he generally and deservedly retains to this day. You know; if you can spare a minute from your busy schedule, eat a piece of cherry pie in his honor, or some such thing. But the frontiersman from Charlottesville and his band might be justified in seeking inclusion in those ‘firsts’ as well. In his funeral oration for George Clark, Judge John Rowan said, “The mighty
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