History of the Battle of Point Pleasant Fought Between White Men and Indians at the Mouth of the Great Kanawha River (Now Point Pleasant, West ... 1774: The Chief Event of Lord Dunmore's War

This work details the Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha, the only major battle of Lord Dunmore's War, which was fought on October 10th, 1774. The warring parties consisted, primarily, of the Virginia Militia and members of the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian tribes. Includes the only known rolls, or rosters, of companies which participated in the battle of Point Pleasant, or which arrived on the field that evening with Colonel William Christian.