Crawford expedition
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The Crawford expedition, also known as the Battle of Sandusky, the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat, was a 1782 campaign on the western front of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the
Illustration of Crawford's execution
Lacking the resources to conduct a Continental Army campaign, General William Irvine helped volunteers launch the Sandusky expedition.
Colonel William Crawford, depicted here at 35 years old, was a veteran soldier and longtime associate of George Washington. He was elected to lead the Sandusky expedition at age 59.
Gustav Heinrich von Wetter-Rosenthal
William Crawford (soldier)
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William Crawford was an American military officer and surveyor who worked as a land agent alongside George Washington while Washington was a teenager. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War, Lor
Statue of Crawford at the Crawford County Courthouse in Bucyrus, Ohio.
The Ohio Historical Society's marker near the Colonel Crawford Burn Site Monument in Wyandot County, Ohio