General Andrew Lewis of Salem

General Andrew Lewis

(1720 - 1781)

Sculptor Anne Bell

Architect Byron R. Dickson

Conceived and Developed by:

Dr. Richard H. and Anne Katherine Fisher

Commissioned by Salem Educational Foundation and Alumni Association

Last Brigade of General Andrew Lewis

Robert Craighead •

Anne Katherine Fisher •

Dr. Charles H. ...

General Andrew Lewis

Andrew Lewis was born on 9 Oct. 1720 in Ireland, and his family immigrated to Virginia by 1732. He attained prominence as a frontier soldier during Dunmore's War when on 10 Oct. 1774 his troops defeated Indians led by Shawnee ...

General Andrew Lewis

1716 - 1781

Pioneer Patriot

Hero of the battle of Point Pleasant which was the most closely contested of any battle ever fought with the Northwest Indians: was the opening act in the drama whereof the closing scene was played ...