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