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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.
Chambers was active in responding to Native American attacks in the area. Some of Chambers' militia joined Captain Culbertson in pursuit of the warriors who captured McCord's Fort in April 1756, and Ensign John Reynolds of Chambers' militia was among those killed in the Battle of Sideling Hill on April 4 1756.
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[5]: 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.
Active from 1755 until 1756, the stockade briefly sheltered pioneer settlers in the Juniata River valley during the French and Indian War. [1] The fort was attacked on August 2, 1756, by a mixed force of French troops and Native Americans, mostly Lenape warriors. The fort’s garrison surrendered the strongpoint to these attackers, who ...
Kittanning (top right) and other Native American villages and points of interest, most circa 1750s. Kittanning (Lenape Kithanink; pronounced [kitˈhaːniŋ]) was an 18th-century Native American village in the Ohio Country, located on the Allegheny River at present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
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 ...