Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania)

Fort Loudoun
Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Type	Fort
Built	1756
Controlled by	United Kingdom
Battles/wars	French and Indian War Pontiac's Rebellion, Black Boys Rebellion
Fort Loudoun Pennsylvania Historical Marker signification Location of Fort Loudoun in Pennsylvania Coordinates: 39.915°N 77.91°W / 39.915; -77.91 PA marker dedicated: October 01, 1915 May 27, 1947

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 Pennsylvania militia, and served as a post on the Forbes Road during the Forbes expedition that successfully drove the French away from Fort Duquesne.

In 1765, following Pontiac's Rebellion, settlers upset with the resumption of trade with Native Americans forced the British garrison to evacuate the fort, part of an uprising known as the Black Boys Rebellion.

A replica of the fort was built on the original site in 1993.

Sources

• Bates, Samuel P. (1887). History of Franklin County. Chicago: Warner, Beers, & Co.. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoffrankli00bate/historyoffrankli00bate_djvu.txt.  Chapter III, Indian War, pp. 159–175

External links

• Fort Loudoun page