United States · 18th century
Fort Loudoun ranks #4,727 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1756, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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 after John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun. The fort was built in 1756 during the French and Indian War by the Second Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment under Colonel John Armstrong, and served as a post on the Forbes Road during the Forbes expedition that successfully drove the French away from Fort Duquesne. The fort remained occupied through Pontiac's War and served as a base for Colonel Henry Bouquet's 1764 campaign. In the 1765 Black Boys Rebellion, Fort Loudoun was assaulted by angry settlers, when their guns were confiscated after they destroyed supplies intended for Native Americans. The garrison retreated to Fort Bedford and the fort was abandoned.
Text adapted from “Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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