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This week episode 227 Fort Lawrence.

I know I mentioned last week I was going to cover the Penobscot expedition this week.

However, I'm going to push that off till next week so I can cover this week the story of Fort Lawrence, which chronologically I probably should have

covered a few episodes back. Fort Lawrence was a Western outpost about 80 miles west of Pittsburgh in modern day Ohio.

It was built as part of an effort to capture British-held Detroit.

This effort was led by General Lachlan Macintosh, who I last really talked about in episode

138. The General from Georgia had faced continual frustrations in his efforts against British controlled East Florida.

Much of his frustration came from the leaders of Georgia and North and South Carolina who refused

to recognize continental authority over state militia.

As a result, Macintosh could never mount a successful military mission in the South.

The disputes between Macintosh and the civilian leaders had boiled over in May of 1777

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