Military strategy on the Mississippi
Document 1797Pickering gives a blistering critique of the proposal by some to attack the ports of St. Louis and New Madrid, arguing that it is folly to go on the offensive. Pickering insists that if hostilities were to commence on the Mississippi, it would best to send the greatest force possible to that quarter. If American troops were thinly spread in ports across the Mississippi, Pickering argues, the force would be much weaker.
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Pickering gives a blistering critique of the proposal by some to attack the ports of St. Louis and New Madrid, arguing that it is folly to go on the offensive. Pickering insists that if hostilities were to commence on the Mississippi, it would best to send the greatest force possible to that quarter. If American troops were thinly spread in ports across the Mississippi, Pickering argues, the force would be much weaker.
Date
10/25/1797
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Trenton
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1797102540101
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Notable persons
James McHenry
Timothy Pickering
John Adams
William Hindman
French
Spanish
military
Notable locations
Downingstown
Trenton
St. Louis
New Madrid
France
Spain
Notable items
Ports