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Colonel Plug
Colonel Plug and his gang of river pirates patrolled the Cache River cypress swamp, of Southern Illinois, near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, hunting down helpless and unsuspecting river travelers, to attack, rob, and murder, between the 1790s–1820.
Born
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, US
Died
1820?
Cache River, present-day Pulaski County, Illinois?
Resting place
Cache River, present-day Pulaski County, Illinois?
Nationality
American
Other names
Colonel Fluger, Colonel Flueger, Colonel Pflueger, Col. Plug, Last of the Boat-wreckers
Occupation(s)
river pirate, criminal gang leader, state militia officer
Spouse
Pluggy
Colonel Plug and the Cache River pirates chose flatboats, keelboats, and rafts, as profitable targets, to attack, because of the valuable and plentiful cargo on board and the crews could be easily overwhelmed and killed.The infamous outlaw haunt of Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River the real-life river pirate Samuel Mason led a gang of river pirates, from 1797-1799 who the legendary Colonel Plug may have been based onFort Massac, down river, from Cave-in-Rock and above the Cache River which was a U.S. Army frontier post that policed the Ohio River looking for pirates like Colonel Plug and his gang.
Cache River Pirates
Founded by
Colonel Plug, Nine-Eyes
Founding location
Cache River, at the confluence of the Ohio River, just above the Mississippi River, in Southern Illinois
Years active
1790s–1820
Territory
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky
Ethnicity
European-American, African-American
Membership (est.)
?
Criminal activities
river piracy, theft, fencing stolen goods, murder
Rivals
Samuel Mason (river pirate)
Wooden boat hull planks with watertight seams wedged together used traditional caulking made from the combined fibers of cotton and oakum, a type of hemp rope fiber soaked in pine tarAn auger the drilling tool used by Colonel Plug and his river pirates
Colonel Plug (1700s? – 1820?), also known as Colonel Fluger and "The Last of the Boat-Wreckers", who existed sometime between the 1790s and 1820, was the legendary river pirate who ran a criminal gang on the Ohio River in a cypress swamp near the mouth of the Cache River. The outlaw camp of Colonel Plug was supposedly below the river pirate hideout of Cave-In-Rock and the U.S. Army post at Fort Massac, which monitored and policed frontier river traffic just above the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
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