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After being defeated by the British in the Seven Years' War, in 1763 France ceded control of its territory in North America east of the Mississippi River to the British. On May 18, 1764, St. Ange was directed by the British to leave Fort Vincennes and assume command of Fort Chartres in Illinois Country along the upper Mississippi. He ...
The name 'Ouiatenon' is a French rendering of the name in the Wea language, waayaahtanonki, meaning 'place of the whirlpool'. It was one of three French forts built during the 18th century in what was then New France, later the Northwest Territory and today the state of Indiana, the other two being Fort Miami and Fort Vincennes. A substantial ...
The Siege of Fort Sackville, also known as the Siege of Fort Vincennes or the Battle of Vincennes, was an American Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana. In February 1779, an American militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark defeated the British garrison of Fort Sackville commanded by Lieutenant ...
Petit fort: 5 December 1780 Indiana Dunes: American Revolutionary War: 4 United States vs Kingdom of Great Britain and American Indians: de LaBalme Massacre: November 5, 1780 Near the Eel River in Whitley County: American Revolutionary War: 25+ Continental Army vs American Indians: Lochry's Defeat: August 24, 1781 Near Aurora: American ...
Fort Miami, originally called Fort St. Philippe or Fort des Miamis, were a pair of French built palisade forts established at Kekionga, the principal village of the Miami. These forts were situated where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River merge to form the Maumee River in Northeastern Indiana , where present day Fort Wayne is located.
This category is for fortifications occupied by British, French, and allied forces during the French and Indian War Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forts of the French and Indian War . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
This category is for fortifications occupied by American, British, and allied forces during the American Revolutionary War Wikimedia Commons has media related to American Revolutionary War forts . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The French forts in Canada were located from the Atlantic Ocean to as far west as the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, and as far north as James Bay. Built between the 1640s and the 1750s, a few were captured from rival British fur trading companies like Hudson's Bay Company.