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Major General Arthur St. Clair (March 23, 1737 [O.S. 1736] – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office.
- St. Clair Park, Greensburg
“St. Clair’s Massacre” stands as one of the worst defeats in American military history. Arthur St. Clair was condemned as “worse than a murderer” by President Washington and the massacre caused the first investigation of the executive branch under the new United States Constitution.
Arthur St. Clair (23 de marzo de 1737 [OS 1736] - 31 de agosto de 1818) fue un soldado y político escocés-estadounidense. Nacido en Thurso, Escocia, sirvió en el ejército británico durante la Guerra Francesa e India antes de establecerse en Pensilvania, donde ocupó un cargo local.
20 de feb. de 2024 · Arthur St. Clair was an officer in the Continental Army who participated in several key battles during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served a term as President of the Confederation Congress and became the first Governor of the Northwest Territory.
- Randal Rust
In 1775, he became a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia; a year later he joined the Continental Army at that same rank. By the end of 1776, he was a brigadier general. St. Clair fought in the early Revolutionary War battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, he was promoted to major general.
Arthur St. Clair. The high point of Arthur St. Clair's long military career, which began when he was a young British officer in the French and Indian War, came when General George Washington visited his quarters in Trenton, New Jersey on the evening of January 2, 1777.
Arthur St. Clair | To Form a More Perfect Union | Articles and Essays | Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 | Digital Collections | Library of Congress.
