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|conflict=Battle of Point Pleasant
|partof=[[Dunmore's War]]
|date=October 10, 1774▼
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▲|date=October 10, 1774
|coordinates={{coord|38.8393|-82.1408|display=inline,title|region:US-WV_type:event|format=dms}}▼
|result=Virginian victory▼
▲|coordinates={{coord|38.8393|-82.1408|display=inline,title|region:US-WV_type:event|format=dms}}
▲|result=Virginian victory
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|commander2=[[Andrew Lewis (soldier)|Andrew Lewis]],<br/>[[Charles Lewis (soldier)|Charles Lewis]]{{KIA}},<br/>[[Thomas Buford (captain)|Thomas Buford]]{{KIA}}▼
|strength1=300–500▼
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|strength2=
|casualties1=at least 33 killed, unknown number wounded▼
|casualties2=ca. 75 killed, 140 wounded▼
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▲ | locmapin = West Virginia
▲ | built = 1774
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▲ | added = January 26, 1970
▲ | area = {{convert|5.3|acre}}
▲ | refnum = 70000656<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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The '''Battle of Point Pleasant'''
==Preparations==
Colonel Andrew Lewis, in command of about 1,000 men, was part of a planned two-pronged Virginian invasion of the Ohio Valley.
The
Cornstalk, the Shawnee leader, moved to intercept Lewis's army, hoping to prevent the Virginians from joining forces. Estimates of the size of Cornstalk's force have varied, but scholars now believe Cornstalk was probably outnumbered at least 2 to 1, having between 300 and 500 warriors. Future Shawnee leader [[Blue Jacket]]
==Battle==
Cornstalk's forces attacked Lewis's camp where the Kanawha River joins the [[Ohio River]], hoping to trap him along a bluff. The battle lasted for hours and the fighting eventually became hand-to-hand. Cornstalk's voice was reportedly heard over the din of the battle, urging his warriors to "be strong." Lewis sent several companies along the Kanawha and up a nearby creek to attack the
==Aftermath==
The Virginians lost about 75 killed and 140 wounded.<ref>Atkinson, George W., ''History of Kanawha County: from its organization in 1789 until the present time''; Printed at the Office of the West Virginia Journal, 1876, 345 pgs.</ref> The
The Battle of Point Pleasant forced [[Cornstalk]] to make peace in the [[Treaty of Camp Charlotte]], ceding to Virginia Shawnee claims to all lands south of the Ohio River (today's states of Kentucky and West Virginia). The Shawnee were also obligated in the Treaty of Camp Charlotte to return all white captives and stop attacking barges of immigrants traveling on the Ohio River.<ref>Hurt, R D. The Indian Frontier, 1763-1846. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Print.</ref>▼
▲The Battle of Point Pleasant forced [[Cornstalk]] to make peace in the [[Treaty of Camp Charlotte]], ceding to Virginia Shawnee claims to all lands south of the Ohio River (today's states of Kentucky and West Virginia).
==Legacy and historical controversies==
In April 1775, before many of the Virginians had even returned home from Dunmore's War, the
Before his expulsion, Dunmore had sought to gain
On February 21, 1908, the [[United States Senate]] passed Bill Number 160 to erect a monument commemorating the Battle of Point Pleasant. It cites Point Pleasant as a "battle of the Revolution". The bill failed in the House of Representatives.
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==See also==
*[[Tu-Endie-Wei State Park]]
*[[John Stuart (Virginia)]]
==References==
==Bibliography==
*Downes, Randolph C. ''Council Fires on the Upper Ohio: A Narrative of Indian Affairs in the Upper Ohio Valley until 1795''. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1940. ISBN
*Lewis, Virgil A. ''History of the Battle of Point Pleasant''. Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune, 1909. Reprinted Maryland: Willow Bend, 2000. ISBN
*Randall, E. O. ''The Dunmore War''. Columbus, Ohio: Heer, 1902.
*Randall, Emilius Oviatt and Daniel Joseph Ryan. ''History of Ohio: the rise and progress of an American state, Volume 2.'' The Century History Company, 1912 [
* Roosevelt, Theodore. ''The winning of the West, Volume 1'' (1889) pp
*Smith, Thomas H., ed. ''Ohio in the American Revolution: A Conference to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Ft. Gower Resolves.'' Columbus: Ohio Historical Society, 1976.
*Sugden, John. ''Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees''. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. ISBN
*[[Reuben Gold Thwaites|Thwaites, Reuben Gold]] and Louise Phelps Kellogg, eds. ''Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774.'' Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905. Reprinted Baltimore: Clearfield, 2002. ISBN
==External links==
*[http://www.wvparks.com/pointpleasant/ Point Pleasant Monument State Park web site] * [http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh56-5.html "Manufactured History": Re-Fighting the Battle of Point Pleasant], 1997 article about the historical debate over whether the Battle of Point Pleasant should be considered a battle of the American Revolutionary War.
*[http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/kanawha.html "The Battle Song of the Great Kanawha"], online exhibit from the [[Blue Ridge Institute]] about a ballad which recounted the battle.
*[http://www.masoncountytourism.org/ Point Pleasant Tourism Information]
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