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=== History  ===
=== History  ===


Lord Dunmore's War was fought between Virginian colonists and the Shawnee, Mingo, and Delaware Indians.&nbsp; The fighting and/or troop movements were in&nbsp;Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.  
Lord Dunmore's War was fought between Virginian colonists and the Shawnee, Mingo, and Delaware Indians. The fighting and/or troop movements were in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.  


Most men who served in Lord Dunmore's War were between the ages of 16 and 60, born between 1714-1758.&nbsp; Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.
Most men who served in Lord Dunmore's War were between the ages of 16 and 60, born between 1714-1758. Some were born as early as 1704 or as late as 1762.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/181623  Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, eds, ''Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774'' Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905. FS Library Digital]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/181623  Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, eds, ''Documentary history of Dunmore's war, 1774'' Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905. FS Library Digital]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1673549 Virgil A. Lewis, ''History of the Battle of Point Pleasant : fought between white men and Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River (now Point Pleasant, West Virginia), Monday, October 10th, 1774, the chief event of the Lord Dunmore's War'' Charleston, West Virginia : The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston West Virginia, 1909 FS Library Digital]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1673549 Virgil A. Lewis, ''History of the Battle of Point Pleasant : fought between white men and Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River (now Point Pleasant, West Virginia), Monday, October 10th, 1774, the chief event of the Lord Dunmore's War'' Charleston, West Virginia : The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston West Virginia, 1909 FS Library Digital]