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Lachlan McIntosh
| March 17, 1725 |
Lachlan McIntosh born near Raits, in Badenoch, Scotland.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| January 7, 1776 |
Lachlan McIntosh appointed Colonel of Georgia troops
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| February 16, 1776 |
Col. Lachlan McIntosh, commander of Amercan forces in Georgia, informs General Washington of of five British warships in Tybee Inlet. (Syren, Scarborough, Raven, Tamer, and Cherokee)
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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George Washington |
| October 22, 1776 |
Lachlan McIntosh orders William McIntosh to build a fort (Fort McIntosh) on the Satilla River to protect settlers from the Florida Rangers
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| March 27, 1777 |
Unable to raise a militia large enough to accomplish his goals, Button Gwinnett requests the assistance of Continental commander Lachlan McIntosh to launch the Second Florida Expedition
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| April 14, 1777 |
Main body of Continental troops, under the command of Lachlan McIntosh arrives at Sunbury.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| April 15, 1777 |
Gwinnett, as leader of the militia, attempts to call a council of war. McIntosh and his commanders, trained Continental soldiers, cannot believe that a politician with no military experience has called such a council and do not attend.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| April 16, 1777 |
General Lachlan McIntosh begins to move his Continentals south. Gwinnett orders his militia to stay in Sunbury. When McIntosh finds out about Gwinnett's order he tries to draw supplies to which he is entitled from the quartermaster. Gwinnett has the quartermaster refuse the request.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Second Florida Expedition |
| May 1, 1777 |
General Lachlan McIntosh addresses the General Assembly, denouncing Button Gwinnett by calling him a "scoundrel and lying rascal."
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Button Gwinnett |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 15, 1777 |
Button Gwinnett challenges General Lachlan McIntosh to a duel.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Button Gwinnett |
| May 16, 1777 |
Button Gwinnett, with his second George Wells and Lachlan McIntosh, with his second Col. Joseph Habersham square off in a duel just east of Savannah, Georgia. At 12 paces (about 60 feet), the General and Gwinnett fire pistols. McIntosh sustains an wound in his leg while Gwinnett is shot in the hip. Unaware of the severity of Gwinnett's wound, McIntosh asks if Gwinnett wants to duel again.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 19, 1777 |
Button Gwinnett dies from wounds received in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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Button Gwinnett |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| August 6, 1777 |
Continental General Lachlan McIntosh is ordered to report to George Washington.
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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George Washington |
| October 10, 1777 |
Lachlan McIntosh leaves Georgia to report to Continental Army Commander George Washington. Colonel Samuel Elbert takes command of the Georgia brigade
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Samuel Elbert |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 26, 1778 |
Lachlan McIntosh is ordered to Fort Pitt as commanding officer
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 12, 1780 |
Benjamin Lincoln surrenders his command, Charleston, SC
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Andrew Pickens |
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Benjamin Lincoln
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Thomas Sumter |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| February 9, 1782 |
Lachlan McIntosh, captured Continental general exchanged for a British prisoner
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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Lachlan McIntosh |
| May 12, 1791 |
George Washington reaches Savannah via ship and is greeted by, among others, Noble W. Jones, Lachlan McIntosh, Joseph Habersham, and John Houstoun
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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John Houstoun, Patriot |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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George Washington in Georgia |
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George Washington |
| December 19, 1793 |
McIntosh County created
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Lachlan McIntosh |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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McIntosh County, Georgia |
| February 20, 1806 |
Lachlan McIntosh dies, Savannah
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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Lachlan McIntosh |
He was perhaps the most famous Georgian of the Revolution, having killed a signer of the Declaration of Independence ( Button Gwinnett) in a duel in the area of Savannah less than a year after the signing of the document. Lachlan McIntosh was a politically conservative leader in Georgia at a time when the state was deeply divided. Opposing him was Button Gwinnett. Repeatedly Gwinnett and McIntosh clashed over essentially trivial matters until Gwinnett was elected the leader of the executive branch of the government while McIntosh was put in charge of the troops. While on the Second Florida Expedition the feud boiled over and Gwinnett and McIntosh returned to Savannah, where Gwinnett challenged him to a duel. The Scotsman severely wounded Gwinnett, who died three days later. Luckily, McIntosh was a commander in the Continental Army and to preserve peace in Georgia, General George Washington ordered McIntosh to report for reassignment just as Gwinnett's political buddies were preparing to arrest him on a murder charge. After serving at Valley Forge during the Winter of 1777-1778 he was sent west to command Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) on the frontier. He returned to Georgia to during the battle of Savannah (1779). Failing to liberate the city McIntosh and Lincoln moved northeast to Charleston, to defend the port from British attack. When that city fell on May 12, 1780, McIntosh was taken prisoner. After the war he continued to play a role in Georgia history and government, and greeted President Washington when he arrived in Savannah in 1791
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