The siege of Fort Loudoun was an engagement during the Anglo-Cherokee War fought from February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors of the Cherokee...
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hostage at Fort Prince George were killed by the garrison on February 16, the Cherokee laid siege to Fort Loudoun on March 1760. The fort's garrison held...
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The siege of Fort William Henry (3–9 August 1757, French: Bataille de Fort William Henry) was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph...
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(French and Indian War) Siege of Münster (1759) – Seven Years' War Second siege of Münster (1759) – Seven Years' War Siege of Fort Loudoun (1760) – Seven Years'...
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British Army Independent Companies in South Carolina (redirect from British Army Independent Companies of Foot in South Carolina, 1721-1763)
participating in the Battle of Fort Necessity, the Braddock Expedition, the battle of the Monongahela, and the siege of Fort Loudoun. They were disbanded in...
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Fort Loudoun (or Fort Loudon, after the modern spelling of the town) was a fort in colonial Pennsylvania, one of several forts in colonial America named...
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Anglo-Cherokee War (category Pre-statehood history of South Carolina)
at a siege of Fort Loudoun and took it over. In 1761, a second expedition against the Cherokee under James Grant was planned. He led an army of 2,800...
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Cherokee Nation (redirect from The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the...
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to the nearby French-controlled Fort Frontenac. The battle was notable for demonstrating that traditional European siege tactics were viable in North America...
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James Smith (frontiersman) (category Members of the Kentucky General Assembly)
trading, and this led to the Black Boys Rebellion. The rebels laid siege to Fort Loudoun in the Pennsylvania mountain country and captured enough soldiers...
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Monroe County, Tennessee (redirect from History of Monroe County, Tennessee)
chiefs held prisoner in the colony, the Cherokee laid siege to Fort Loudoun. They killed two dozen of its garrison after their surrender in August 1760,...
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The Museum of the Cherokee People (MTCP), formerly known as the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI), is a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultural arts and history museum...
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The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (CTNEAL), formerly the Cherokees of Jackson County, is a state-recognized tribe in Alabama. They have about 3,000...
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Kimberly Teehee (category University of Iowa College of Law alumni)
House of Representatives from the Cherokee Nation. She served as senior policy advisor for Native American affairs in the administration of President...
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creator of the written Cherokee syllabary. Fort Loudoun was a British colonial-era fort built in 1756 as part of their promise to the Cherokee of supporting...
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1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Indian Territory)
instead. A portion of Drew's regiment deserted in late 1861. Following the Battle of Old Fort Wayne in October 1862, most of the remainder of Drew's men, including...
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simultaneously with attacks on Ninety-Six, Fort Dobbs and Fort Loudoun. Hostilities ended in 1761, and the fort was abandoned by 1768. The site is in modern-day...
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Overhill Cherokee (category Pre-statehood history of Tennessee)
contingent of Cherokee chiefs were detained at Fort Prince George in late 1759, the Cherokee, under Chief Standing Turkey, laid siege to Fort Loudoun. The fort's...
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forces Siege of Fort Loudoun February-9 August - Cherokee defeat British Battle of Bishops Court 28 February - British victory over France Battle of Neustadt...
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capital punishment of certain serious crimes. The responsibility for delivering this justice has traditionally fallen to the family or clan of the victim, usually...
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Chota (Cherokee town) (redirect from Prince of Chota)
Cherokee warriors laid siege to Fort Loudoun, a confrontation between 14 Cherokee hostages at Fort Prince George and the fort's garrison on February 16...
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Louisbourg Expedition (1757) (category Military history of Acadia)
fortifications in the Battle of Fort Oswego in August 1756. In July 1756, the Earl of Loudoun arrived to take command of the British forces in North America...
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Tahlonteeskee (Cherokee chief) (category Year of birth missing)
Cherokee headman of Cayuga town, eventually rising to Principal Chief of the first Cherokee Nation. He was one of the "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation—West...
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Pontiac's War (redirect from Conspiracy of Pontiac)
15 colonists working in a field near Fort Cumberland were killed. On June 14, about 13 settlers near Fort Loudoun in Pennsylvania were killed and their...
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Shawna Baker (category Justices of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation)
Shawna S. Baker, a Native American lawyer, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is the third woman and the first out, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...
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The siege of Inverness (also known as the siege of Fort George) took place in February 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. By early February...
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French and Indian War (redirect from Surrender of Montreal (1760))
campaigns in 1757, including a failed expedition against Louisbourg and the Siege of Fort William Henry; this last was followed by the Natives torturing and massacring...
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William Hicks (Cherokee chief) (category American people of Scottish descent)
Hicks (c. 1769 – c. 1837) was a wealthy farmer and leader of the Cherokee Nation. In a time of crisis, the National Cherokee Council named Hicks the interim...
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Takatoka (category Year of birth uncertain)
the warfare, the US government created Fort Gibson among the Osage, and Fort Towson at the Red River settlement of Tahchee's base camp. Later that same...
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Fort Dearborn Siege of Detroit Siege of Fort Harrison Siege of Fort Wayne Battle of Wild Cat Creek Battle of the Mississinewa 1813 Battle of Frenchtown Raid...
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