Before Kentucky: Croghan and the Clarks in the Revolutionary War
Event Details
Afternoon Lecture Series
William Croghan and two of Lucy Clark’s brothers were officers in the Continental Army’s 8th Virginia Regiment. A close bond shaped by years of combat and a year in British captivity preceded the marriage that defined Locust Grove. Gabriel Neville is the author of The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution. From the Declaration of Independence to Yorktown, Croghan and the Clark brothers witnessed some of the most important events of America’s founding before overseeing veteran settlement of Kentucky. After years of research, Mr. Neville will share some of the best stories from his new book.
This installment of the Afternoon Lecture Series will feature speaker Gabe Neville.
Gabriel Neville is a writer, researcher, and speaker specializing in Revolutionary War history, particularly the 8th Virginia Regiment and frontier life in early America. He is the creator of the Revolutionary Virginia and 8th Virginia Regiment websites, and is also a contributor to the Journal of the American Revolution, the American Battlefield Trust, and Emerging Revolutionary War journals. His debut book The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution will be published this spring by Helion & Company. He is a former journalist and congressional staffer who now works as a business consultant at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington D.C. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two sons.