The Night Fort Duquesne died
Everything about the existence of forts in the Winchester Va area and old Frederick County VA were all about defending against the French...
The British Empire
Winchester was part of this Empire from 1744 to 1776, - 32yrs . Frederick Co VA was part of this Empire 1738 to 1776 - 38 yrs . Virgina...
Friendly Fire Bad - Prisoner Good!
Before the Friendly Fire horror, on that night of 12 Nov 1758, Lt Colonel George Mercer's 2nd Virginia Regiment captured a white man and...
Friendly Fire - Where did it happen?
There were 2 skirmishes on 12 Nov 1758. First the one with the French. Then the one with 1st Virginia and 2nd 2nd Virginia colliding....
Friendly Fire - Who found the French first?
That night of 12 Nov 1758 saw 2 battles. The first battle was fighting the French and their Indians. The other is when Washington's and...
Friendly Fire
Nov 12, 1758 late afternoon: Forbes orders the first 500 troops out to catch enemy spotted by the outposts. That 500 was led by...
2nd Virginia Regiment ends 1 Dec 1758
The Forbes Expedition worries they're going to lose almost a 1000 men. The 2nd Virginia Regiment has a term limit. It's service ends 1...
Virginia Beer Museum takes note of Guy Fawkes
Since Nov 5, 1758 was a Sunday, would a Chaplain have spoken of the Guy Fawkes event to the soldiers of the Forbes Expedition? We...
Guy Fawkes Day celebrated 5 Nov 1758 ?
Since Nov 5, 1758 was a Sunday, would a Chaplain have spoken of the Guy Fawkes event to the soldiers of the Forbes Expedition? We...
Little Carpenter (Attakullakulla) gets around maybe
As we scour the events of 1758 in this year of 2022, we run into the Little Carpenter. His group of Cherokee are the last band of...
