Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/John P. Boyd Military order Apponting George Croghan aid
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Brigade Orders
Encampment at Prairie Grove, Nov. 3rd, 1811
Burton, Historical Collection, 176
Brigade Orders
With the approbation of His Excellency the Commander in Chief, George Croughan[1] Esq. is appointed volunteer-aid-de-Camp to the acting Brigader General. All orders therefore delivered through him will be obeyed and respected according.
Signed, Jno. P. Boyd Col. 4th Regt. Infy. C. D.
- ↑ George Croghan was a member of one of the pioneer families of the west. His home was at Louisville. He volunteered for this expedition along with Jo. Daviess, John OFallon, and other young Kentuckians. He later became a hero of the army and won a congressional medal for the defence of Fort Stephenson. O. Died Jan. 8, 1849.