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The Battle of Sideling Hill (sometimes written Sidling Hill) was an engagement in April 1756, between Pennsylvania Colonial Militia and a band of Lenape warriors who had attacked Fort McCord and taken a number of colonial settlers captive.
"Erected 1756 one mile southeast across Pohopoco Creek, one of a line of frontier forts built under the direction of James Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Commanded successively by Captain Jacob Orndt, "an excellent officer", Capt. Reynolds and Lieut. Engell, located strategically for guarding the settlers north of the Blue Mountains during the ...
At the beginning of the French and Indian War, Braddock's defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela left Pennsylvania without a professional military force. [5] Lenape chiefs Shingas and Captain Jacobs launched dozens of Shawnee and Delaware raids against British colonial settlements, [6] killing and capturing hundreds of colonists and destroying settlements across western and central ...
[7]: 542–545 On April 2, Captain Hamilton, together with Captain Chambers and Captain Culbertson, led a rescue force, which encountered Lenape reinforcements led by Shingas and suffered a number of casualties at the Battle of Sideling Hill. Captain Culbertson was killed, and his surviving troops retreated to Fort Lyttleton. [1]
A garrison roster from August-September 1756 lists a total of 53 men, including officers. [13] Regular calls for detachments to reinforce other forts frequently left Fort Henry with a reduced garrison. In October 1756, and February and April 1757, detachments of eighteen men and an officer were sent temporarily to Fort Augusta and other locations.
Pages in category "Conflicts in 1756" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Battle of Sideling Hill; Siege of Calcutta; Siege of Fort St ...
The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania.
1756–1789: The Seven Years' War, etc. The Last of the Mohicans: 1936: 1757: French and Indian War: The Last of the Mohicans: 1992: 1757: French and Indian War: Northwest Passage: 1940: 1757: French and Indian War and the ranger campaign of Robert Rogers: Clive of India: 1935: 1757: Robert Clive, Commander-in-Chief, India and the Battle of ...