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...
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...
