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...
Confederate Statue Winchester VA
1916, November 15 is the date of this statue. . 51 years and some months past, the "Civil War" ended. . There are 70 and 80 year old...
Fall 1756 or Spring 1757? Rumor of Attack on Fort Cumberland
FORT CUMBERLAND OR FORT AUGUSTA? Fall 1756 or Spring 1757? Rumor of Attack on Fort Cumberland . Compiled by Jim Moyer 09/26/2019, ...
It don't come Easy
COLONEL WASHINGTON moves into FORT LOUDOUN on December 2, 1756. . by Jim Moyer compiled 2013, updated 11/25/2019, 11/30/2019,...
