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は、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,528位（全5,479件中）、アメリカ合衆国の77件では64位にランクされています。1756年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の19%より古い城です（18世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の329件のひとつ）。アメリカ合衆国が他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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