George Coghan: Tragic Hero fo Fort Stephenson-- Part 1: A Spiral Downward for the Hero

From Frances Hunter's American Hero Blog.

Old General George Rogers Clark, severely disabled by 1813, was living with Coghan's mother Lucy in Louisville is said to have muttered proudly,  "The little game cock, he shall have my sword."

Geirge Coghan married Sarah Livingston of the famous New York family and became postmaster of New Orleans.  By the time he was 30, Croghan was ending up much more like wild Uncle George than William Clark (of the Lewis and Clark expedition).  He had terrible financial problems and wife Sarah grew to loathe him.

Just as bad, Croghan feuded publicly and constantly with William Henry Harrison about their roles in the War of 1812.

The ladies of Chillicothe, Ohio, had commemorated the great victory at the Battle of Fort Stephenson by presenting Croghan with a sword and sent Harrison a petticoat.  The general was not amused in the least.

--Brock-Perry