COMMANDER // 1720–1781
Andrew Lewis
United States1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1720 – 1781
Active service 1774 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 54.
Profile
Andrew Lewis was an Irish-born American surveyor, military officer and politician. Born in County Donegal, he moved with his family to the British colony of Virginia at a young age. A colonel in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War, and brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War, his most famous victory was the Battle of Point Pleasant in Dunmore's War in 1774, although he also drove Lord Dunmore's forces from Norfolk and Gwynn's Island in 1776. He also helped found Liberty Hall in 1776.
Battles (1)
1774
Battle of Point PleasantDunmore's War · Virginia