LEADER 03254oam 22004574a 450 001 9910524670603321 005 20240712115221.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007649020 035 $a(OCoLC)1059371908 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71185 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88559 035 $a(oapen)doab88559 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007649020 100 $a20770831d1978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDetroit to Fort Sackville, 1778-1779 $ethe journal of Normand MacLeod /$fedited with an introd. by William A. Evans, with the assistance of Elizabeth S. Sklar ; foreword by Alice C. Dalligan 210 $cWayne State University Press$d2017 210 1$aDetroit :$cPublished by the Wayne State University Press for the Friends of the Detroit Public Library,$d1978. 210 4$dİ1978. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxviii, 141 p. :)$cill. (1 fold. in pocket) ; 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8143-4338-4 320 $aBibliography: p. 135-136. 330 $aIn 1777 Normand MacLeod, a British army officer, assumed the post of town major of Detroit, then a British colony on the frontier of late eighteenth-century America. Although it was not in the forefront of action in the American Revolution, the fort at Detroit had an important role because its strategic location made it a point of interest to military leaders on both sides. Under the leadership of Captain Normand MacLeod, the city of Detroit played a role in the War for Independence that is described in detail in this journal. During the bitter winter of 1778-79, MacLeod led a party of Detroit Volunteer Militia in advance of Henry Hamilton's main force. Hamilton was attempting to hold Fort Sackville (modern Vincennes, Indiana) against George Rogers Clark and his troops. MacLeod was a shrewd and witty reporter. His diary, published for the first time in this volume, details the daily routine of the arduous midwinter military campaign. He describes daily life within the walls of the fort at Detroit, the military adventures planned within those walls, and the rumors, the gossip, and the personal relationships within the community.Offering an unprecedented personal glimpse of Detroit life in the years 1778-79, the diary preserves the flavor of one bitter winter of the American Revolution of special significance for historians of Michigan and Detroit. William A. Evans's introduction to the journal places MacLeod's expedition in the context of Hamilton's strategy and provides a biographical account of MacLeod himself that has not been available previously. 606 $aSoldiers$zGreat Britain$vDiaries 607 $aNorthwest, Old$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$vPersonal narratives 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a917.7/01/0924 700 $aMacLeod$b Normand$fapproximately 1731-1796.$01088319 702 $aSklar$b Elizabeth Sherr$4edt 702 $aEvans$b William A$4edt 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524670603321 996 $aDetroit to Fort Sackville, 1778-1779$92605728 997 $aUNINA