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Fort Hamilton was a stockaded fort built during the French and Indian War to protect Pennsylvania settlers in the area of what is now Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The fort was named for James Hamilton, former Mayor of Philadelphia, and former and subsequent Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. The fort never saw military action and ...
Wesley Schwenk, "Benjamin Franklin," Forts of the French and Indian War, accessed August 20, 2023. Map of Fortifications on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1756, showing Fort Franklin in the center of the second page. "French & Indian War ~ Fort Lebanon, Fort Franklin, Hawk Mt, Fort Everett," the Wandering Woodsman, May 2, 2021
The Second Seminole War, often referred to as the Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most costly of the Indian conflicts of the United States". [12] After the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832 that called for the Seminoles' removal from Florida, tensions rose until fierce hostilities occurred in Dade's massacre in 1835.
1763 map of a route through southwest Pennsylvania from Fort Loudoun to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh. Fort Loudoun is shown in the bottom left corner of the page. Governor Morris ordered these forts to be built under the direction of Colonel Armstrong. In late 1755, construction began on Fort Morris in Shippensburg, Fort Lyttleton, and Fort Carlisle. [6]
Fort Hyndshaw (sometimes referred to in contemporary records as Hyndshaw's Fort, or the Fort at Hyndshaw's) was a fort in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, built in 1756. It was the northernmost of a line of Pennsylvania defenses erected during the French and Indian War .
Hunter, William A. Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier, 1753–1758. Originally published 1960; Wennawoods reprint, 1999. Stotz, Charles Morse. Outposts Of The War For Empire: The French and English In Western Pennsylvania: Their Armies, Their Forts, Their People 1749–1764. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8229-4262-3.
The historical sign at the site of Fort Peyton reads, "Fort Peyton, established by Major General Thomas Sidney Jesup in August 1837 and garrisoned by regular army troops, was one of a chain of military outposts created during the Second Seminole War for the protection of the St. Augustine area. It consisted of four log houses built in a hallow ...
Pages in category "Second Seminole War fortifications" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .