About this episode
North Carolina Overmountain Men form a new government for what would become Tennessee. A British inspired raid, primarily by disparate groups of Native warriors attack the Spanish outpost at St. Louis, and the Virginia outpost at Cahokia on May 26, 1780. Both attacks are thwarted. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The American Revolutionary War in the West , by Stephen Kling, Jr (ed) (at Ft. Plain Museum bookstore). Online Recommendation of the Week: Dick, Jimmy “The Battle of St. Louis” Journal of the American Revolution , February 10, 2014: https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/02/the-battle-of-st-louis Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices