Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/John P. Boyd Military order Apponting George Croghan aid

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Harrison to Secretary of war Campaign up the Wabash
November 2, 1811

Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison
edited by Logan Esarey

John P. Boyd Military order Apponting George Croghan aid (November 3, 1811) by John P. Boyd

Tippecanoe account taken from McAfee The Late War
November 7, 1817

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764397Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison — John P. Boyd Military order Apponting George Croghan aid (November 3, 1811)John P. Boyd

Brigade Orders

Encampment at Prairie Grove, Nov. 3rd, 1811

Burton, Historical Collection, 176

Brigade Orders

With the approbation of His Excellency the Commander in Chief, George Croughan^[1] Esq. is appointed volunteer-aid-de-Camp to the acting Brigader General. All orders therefore delivered through him will be obeyed and respected according.

Signed, Jno. P. Boyd Col. 4th Regt. Infy. C. D.

↑ George Croghan was a member of one of the pioneer families of the west. His home was at Louisville. He volunteered for this expedition along with Jo. Daviess, John OFallon, and other young Kentuckians. He later became a hero of the army and won a congressional medal for the defence of Fort Stephenson. O. Died Jan. 8, 1849.

[1] George Croghan was a member of one of the pioneer families of the west. His home was at Louisville. He volunteered for this expedition along with Jo. Daviess, John OFallon, and other young Kentuckians. He later became a hero of the army and won a congressional medal for the defence of Fort Stephenson. O. Died Jan. 8, 1849.

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Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/John P. Boyd Military order Apponting George Croghan aid

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