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A description of the fort is written on the back of the plan of Fort Augusta in the Pennsylvania Archives: "Fort Augusta stands at about forty yards distance from the river, on a bank twenty-four feet from the surface of the water; that side of the fort...which fronts the river, is a strong palisado, the bases of the logs being sunk four feet ...
Northumberland County Historical Society; Location: 1150 North Front Street, Sunbury, Pennsylvania 17801 Type: Historical/Museum/Library: Key holdings: Artifacts from Fort Augusta and the French and Indian War through the American Revolution; civic and church records from the time of the region's earliest settlers to the present; historic newspapers, vintage photographs, and other items of ...
In the New Purchase, only Fort Antes (made of hard-to-burn peeled oak logs) and the stone Wallis House survived the flames. The property losses were estimated at £40,000, and there were deaths among the settlers. Colonel Samuel Hunter, the commander of Fort Augusta, was roundly criticized for ordering the evacuation.
Fort Augusta - PLAQUE: July 1929: PA 14 in Sunbury: Plaque American Revolution, Forts, Military, Native American Fort Freeland: February 18, 1947: SR 1007 (old Pa. 147) near Warrior Run Church N of McEwensville: Roadside American Revolution, Forts, Military, Native American Fort Freeland - PLAQUE: July 1929
Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. The fort was erected by Col. William Clapham in 1756 at a site now within the limits of the city of Sunbury, in an area the Indians called "Shamokin." It was ...
In 1756, he settled on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but soon joined the military as an officer at the outbreak of the French and Indian War.He was commissioned a major at Fort Augusta (at present-day Sunbury, Pennsylvania) in 1756, and on December 8, 1756, after the resignation of Lt. Col. William Clapham, he took command of the fort.
He was interviewed at Fort Augusta about his experiences on May 5, 1758, in front of Colonel Henry Bouquet. [ 14 ] : 388 [ 2 ] He told the examiners that his home was assaulted on October 12, 1757 by 15 Lenape and Shawnee warriors, and he was taken by them to Fort Machault , a journey on foot and by boat which took 17 days.
The fort was erected by Col. William Clapham, with the order of Governor Morris, and guarded by a garrison of the Third Battalion of the Pennsylvania Provincial Regiment. [1] Fort Halifax was constructed as a subpost along the Susquehanna River with three other forts, Fort Harris, Fort Hunter, and Fort Augusta. On 5 June, 1756, Clapham marched ...