Attacks 1755-1756
April SPRINGTIME IS WAR TIME HELL’S VENGEANCE CYCLE begins every Spring . by Jim Moyer compiled in 2015, updated 3/6/2017, 4/2/2017,...
Two letters - 27 Dec 1756 and 31 Dec 1756
There are 2 letters by the two of the most powerful people in Virginia writing to our Colonel George Washington on those 2 dates noted...
Christmas 1755 Winchester VA
How did our Captain George Mercer in Winchester VA spend his Christmas in 1755? . Fort Loudoun construction will not start until May 18,...
Powder Horns
Powder Horns: . Did the Virginia Regiment carry both belly cartouches and powder horns? . Washington writes December 4, 1756: . "I beg...
Andrew Lewis's fort for the Cherokee
The reconstructed Fort Loudoun in Tennessee is not the same one built by Andrew Lewis in 1756 . The fort built by Lewis was about 7 miles...
Patterson's Fort
This is a settler's fort on the land of William Patterson around 1755. This fort would be garrisoned by the Virginia Regiment under...
Frederick County VA Birthday
Birthday Date is December 21, 1738. See link: http://www.co.frederick.va.us/visit/history-of-frederick-county . That date of December...
The End of 1756 to January 1757
Compiled by Jim Moyer 12/20/2020, adding update to this on 2/22/2020 . We write this with an eye towards those who want to research dates...
A Bess with silver mounting and a gold touch-hole from the Battle of the Great Cacapon?
"The remains of a gun of high finish, ornamented with silver mounting and gold touch-hole, were plowed up near the ...
7 Dec 1756 to 15 Dec 1756
On Facebook every Sunday throughout this year of 2020 we have been tracking the year of 1756 of George Washington and of Fort Loudoun...
