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Fort Loudoun Winchester Virginia
Designed & built by Colonel George Washington
1756-1758
Also related events 1752-1764 before and after French & Indian War
Picture and fort footprint provided by Norman Baker.
Captions by Jim Moyer
There are 3 Fort Loudouns.
One in Pennsylvania.
One in Tennessee.
We are
Fort Loudoun
in Winchester VIRGINIA,
built between
1756 to 1758
Named after John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun,
commander in chief
of North America
See the following links on:
The existing Well
The Oyster House barrack
Map location
Archaeological dig
The Google car went by here.
Use your mouse to drive around :)
George Washington drew this design
Turn google car facing south.
On a clear day, you can see Signal Knob of Massanutten Mountain
On that corner where the men are standing was a military prison
To the left of picture below was George Washington's blacksmith for Fort Loudoun
Picture on Above:
Drawn by Eric Cherry, a local artist. He also drew for DC Comics, particularly Batman
Picture on Right:
Photos of the Mercer Co of the Va Regiment shown at fort because that company helped build the original fort
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