Britain Yields Possession Mural

Mural inside the George Rogers Clark Memorial

The capture of Fort Sackville by George Rogers Clark on February 25, 1779 was arguably the most important action of the Revolutionary War that occurred west of the Appalachian Mountains. Artist Ezra Winter captured this morning scene on linen. It depicts a confident George Rogers Clark accepting the surrender of British Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton. The capture of the fort began a chain of events that led to the United States claiming the Old Northwest Territory (the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the eastern portion of Minnesota).