1776 and the Winchester area
From the last week of August to the last week of December 1776, George Washington and his Continental Army were in one long retreat from...
Cherokee War and Byrd Expedition in Aug-Oct 1760 Timetable
South Carolina's Fort Loudoun officers vote to surrender August 6, 1760 . The next day, the fort's commander, Paul Demere, and two...
French can't boat past the Suck to aid Cherokees
Imagine living in a place called Suck? This spot WAS so bad Johnny Cash wrote a song about it. The French at Fort Toulouse received...
Robert Stewart and Venango
Next time you drive down Stewart Street in Winchester VA, think of the poverty and failed chances of Robert Stewart. Robert Stewart has...
Robert Rogers Expedition from Fort Pitt to Detroit
Fort Pitt commander Robert Monckton needs a line of communications from his fort to Fort Niagara. He sent our Robert Stewart (Stewart...
Charleville and Brown Bess calibers
Aren’t Charleville muskets supposed to be 69 caliber? Are Brown Bess muskets 75 caliber? And Other Caliber Related Questions About 18th...
Swallow KIA and Spotswood MIA
On 6 Oct 1760 , The House of Burgesses has to consider again the estate of Alexander Spotswood, a colorful former Lt Gov of Virginia,...
War North, South, West Timetable Sept 1760-June 1761
Up north, France surrenders Canada 8 Sept 1760 . But the Illinois and Louisiana country has not been surrended by the French yet. Down...
Byrd Expedition seeks decisions from Council July to Sept 1760
Their last meeting of the House of Burgesses was 24 May 1760. They meet next on 6 Oct 1760. That's a long gap of no activity for June,...
After Fort Loudoun surrenders, days later a Massacre
Here are accounts of the massacre of the men who surrendered South Carolina's Fort Loudoun (in today's Tennessee). The real place is now...
