To Victory - Saint Francisville, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 35.490 W 087° 39.207
16S E 443092 N 4271648
More recognition and tracking of General Rogers
Waymark Code: WMVNA5
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2017
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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.