To Victory - Saint Francisville, IL - U.S. Revolutionary War Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of memorial: Lawrence County
Location of marker: 13th St. & Main St., St. Francisville
Marker erected by: The St. Francisville Woman's Club and The Illinois State Historical Society
Date memorial erected: 1965

Marker text:

TO VICTORY
FEBRUARY 25, 1779 On February 5, 1779, Colonel George Rogers Clark and his Army began the difficult march from Kaskaskia to Fort Sackville at Vincennes. At daybreak on February 21 they began to cross the swollen Wabash near here. They went on to capture Fort Sackville and thus establish a firm American foothold in the Northwest.

Type of Memorial: Plaque

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