Post by Matthew S. Schweitzer on May 29, 2005 17:41:06 GMT -5
Colonel William Crawford commanded the American expedition against the Ohio Indians along the Sandusky River in June of 1782. The battle of the Sandusky was a two day battle over the course of June 5-6. After the battle, Crawford and a number of others were captured by the Delaware Indians who planned to torture and burn them at the stake in revenge for the massacre of the Moravian Indians earlier in the year by Pennsylvania miltiamen. Though the others managed to later escape before their gruesome sentence could be carried out, Colonel Crawford was not so lucky and was brutally tortured and burned alive.
Surprisingly, there is little modern literature on this campaign and its outcome. C.W. Butterfield's An Historical Account of the Expedition Against Sandusky Under Col. William Crawford in 1782, published in 1873, is the most complete account of the battle and the death of Crawford.
There is a small monument erected in memory of Colonel Crawford near the site of his execution in modern-day Crawford, OH in Wyandot Co. There is also a recent Ohio Historical Marker at the site. The monument is tucked away in a tiny rural cemetery off the road and is easy to miss.
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Surprisingly, there is little modern literature on this campaign and its outcome. C.W. Butterfield's An Historical Account of the Expedition Against Sandusky Under Col. William Crawford in 1782, published in 1873, is the most complete account of the battle and the death of Crawford.
There is a small monument erected in memory of Colonel Crawford near the site of his execution in modern-day Crawford, OH in Wyandot Co. There is also a recent Ohio Historical Marker at the site. The monument is tucked away in a tiny rural cemetery off the road and is easy to miss.
www.paworkshop.com/misc/crawford1.jpg
www.paworkshop.com/misc/crawford2.jpg