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Siege of Fort Vincennes
The Siege of Fort Vincennes (better known as the Siege of Fort Sackville), was decisive victory on behalf of an Illinois patriot militia led by Revolutionary War commander Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark which included around half of Canadien volunteers sympathetic to the American cause against a British garrison led by Henry Hamilton with armed support by various Native American allies. The siege lasted two days and ultimately led to the surrender of the British garrison and in a larger frame the Illinois territory.
==Prelude==
On January 29, Francis Vigo, an Italian fur trader, came to Kaskaskia to inform Clark about Hamilton's reoccupation of Vincennes. Clark decided that he needed to launch a surprise winter attack on Vincennes before Hamilton could recapture the Illinois country in the spring. He wrote to Governor Henry:
I know the case is desperate; but, sir, we must either quit the country or attack Mr. Hamilton. No time is to be lost. Were I sure of a reinforcement, I should not attempt it. Who knows what fortune will do for us? Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted. Perhaps we may be fortunate. We have this consolation, that our cause is just, and that our country will be grateful and not condemn our conduct in case we fall through. If we fail, the Illinois as well as Kentucky, I believe, is lost.
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