Fort Loudoun

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.

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Fort Loudoun occupe la 2 862e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 83e rang des 98 que l’atlas recense aux États-Unis. Fondé en 1756, il est plus ancien que 19 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 360 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XVIIIe siècle. Voyez comment les États-Unis se comparent dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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