Английская Википедия:Fort Lyttleton (Pennsylvania)

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Location of Fort Lyttleton (spelled Littleton here) at the easternmost end of the Forbes Road
Location of Fort Lyttleton (spelled Littleton here) at the easternmost end of the Forbes Road

Fort Lyttleton, also known as Fort Littleton, was a militia stockade located in the colonial Province of Pennsylvania. Its site was about a mile from Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania, near Dublin Township, in what is now Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Active from 1755 until 1763, the stockade was initially garrisoned by 75 Pennsylvania troops but at times had as many as 225. It was in use until 1759, then abandoned and reoccupied briefly in 1763 during Pontiac's War.

Construction

Fort Lyttleton was one of four forts constructed following General Edward Braddock's defeat on July 9, 1755 at the Battle of the Monongahela. At the beginning of the French and Indian War, Braddock's defeat left Pennsylvania without a professional military force.[1] Lenape chiefs Shingas and Captain Jacobs launched dozens of Shawnee and Delaware raids against British colonial settlements,[2] killing and capturing hundreds of colonists and destroying settlements across western and central Pennsylvania.[3] In late 1755, Colonel John Armstrong wrote to Governor Robert Hunter Morris: "I am of the opinion that no other means of defense than a chain of blockhouses along or near the south side of the Kittatinny Mountains from the Susquehanna to the temporary line, can secure the lives and property of the inhabitants of this country, the new settlements being all fled except Shearman's Valley."[4]Шаблон:Rp Construction was begun in December 1755.[5]Шаблон:Rp

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Reconstructed blockhouse and stockade similar in appearance to Fort Lyttleton

On February 9, 1756, Governor Morris wrote to General William Shirley: Шаблон:Quote

Governor Morris ordered George Croghan to construct these forts under the direction of Colonel Armstrong. Aside from Fort Lyttleton, construction began on Fort Morris in Shippensburg, Fort Loudoun, and Fort Carlisle.[6] At the time, Croghan lived on upper Aughwick Creek and was also able to supervise the construction of Fort Granville and Fort Shirley.[7] Governor Morris named Fort Lyttleton after Sir George Lyttleton, British Chancellor of the Exchequer (1709-1773).[8]

The fort was located near a Native American village known as Sugar Cabins,[9] at the eastern end of the Forbes Road and close to a well-traveled Native American trail leading from central Pennsylvania to the Ohio Country, with the intent that the fort would serve to monitor the passing of Indians engaged in trading as well as any war parties.[10]

According to a plan now located in the British Library, the fort was a 100-foot square stockade with bastions at the four corners, and 8 buildings inside, including four barracks, an officers' quarters, a gunpowder magazine, and two "stone buildings," probably a kitchen and a storehouse.[11] The Reverend Thomas Barton, an army chaplain who was stationed at Fort Loudoun, described Fort Lyttleton in a letter on July 21, 1758: "This Fort is a regular & well-plan'd Square Stockade of 126 Feet."[6]Шаблон:Rp

Military history

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1770 map of the Province of Pennsylvania showing Fort Littleton in the map's left lower quadrant
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1763 map of a route through southwest Pennsylvania from Fort Loudoun, Franklin County to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh. Fort Lyttleton is shown near the bottom of the page.

The fort's first commander was Captain Hance Hamilton (1721-1772), who arrived soon after the capture and destruction of Fort McCord on April 1.[8]Шаблон:Rp 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.[12] Soon after this, Elisha Salter, Commissary General, visited Carlisle and found the civilian populace abandoning their settlements in terror, after a series of brutal raids by Lenape and Shawnee warriors.[13]Шаблон:Rp He wrote to Governor Morris: "Upon my arrival here, I found the people in the greatest confusion, the troops abandoning the forts and the country people gathering in the greatest consternation...I have prevailed on the people...to escort me to Fort Littleton."[4]Шаблон:Rp The construction of four stronghold forts and several smaller secondary forts along the western Pennsylvania frontier provided some stability, although the destruction of Fort Granville in August raised fears that the forts were too far apart and too difficult to supply.[14]Шаблон:Rp

In September, Armstrong led the Kittanning Expedition, rescuing 11 captives and killing the feared warrior Captain Jacobs.[3] Colonel Armstrong stopped for several days at Fort Lyttleton on his return from the Kittanning Expedition.[10] Captain Hugh Mercer was wounded during the fighting at Kittanning and was separated from the other troops. His return journey took two weeks before he "lay down, giving up all hopes of ever getting home." A "company of Cherokee Indians in kings pay" found him and carried him to Fort Lyttleton, where he recovered.[15]Шаблон:Rp

By 1757, Fort Lyttleton began to attract Cherokee Indians seeking to support British troops as auxiliaries and also spies. In June 1757, Armstrong received reports that "a large Reinforcement of French and Indians from Canada & Mississippi" at Fort Duquesne "wou'd...endeavor to cutt off the back Inhabitants." Cherokees then informed Armstrong that they had seen "a large Body of French and Indians, and a great Number of Carriages & Horses" at Fort Duquesne; and that on June 10 an enemy force was following Braddock's road toward Fort Cumberland. Colonel John Stanwix, evidently concerned that Fort Loudoun would not withstand an assault, "dispatched off 2 Companies of Col. Armstrong's Battalion to Fort Littleton with orders to destroy it & bring away all the Provisions & Stores to Fort Loudoun." This order was evidently not obeyed, and on June 28, Stanwix wrote to Armstrong that he had "augmented the Garrison at Fort Lyttleton, 150 Men."[14]Шаблон:Rp

The fort was later used as one of the supply forts along the Forbes Road in the successful 1758 Forbes Expedition to capture Fort Duquesne. The fort was abandoned in July 1759, during the construction of Fort Pitt.[14]Шаблон:Rp

In June 1763, George Croghan raised a volunteer company of 25 men to re-occupy the fort in response to Pontiac's War. The fort saw no action and Colonel Henry Bouquet, marching from Carlisle in late July, found the fort abandoned.[10][4]Шаблон:Rp The fort was in ruins by 1764.[16]

Archaeology

In August 2013, forty shovel test pits, each 50 centimeters square, were dug in the area behind the 1924 historical marker, where local residents have found part of a 4.5 centimeter swivel gun believed to have been used at Fort Lyttleton. Test pits were also dug on an adjacent property where a tavern, a blacksmith shop and a wheelwright's shop are thought to have stood. Future digs will focus on the 4.9-acre plot owned by the Archaeological Conservancy where the fort was located.[17]

Legacy

In 1767, the town of Fort Lyttleton (later renamed Fort Littleton) was established near the fort's former location.[18]

In 1924, a historical marker was erected on the site of the fort by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Fulton County Historical Society.[19] In 1967, a second marker was erected in Dublin Township by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, but in 2023 it was reported missing.[20]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Samuel J. Newland, The Pennsylvania Militia: Defending the Commonwealth and the Nation, 1669–1870, Annville, PA, 2002
  2. ↑ Matthew C. Ward, Breaking the Backcountry: The Seven Years’ War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754–1765, Pittsburgh, 2003
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 William Albert Hunter, "Victory at Kittanning", Pennsylvania History, vol. 23, no. 3, July 1956; pp 376-407
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, ed. Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, vol 1, Harrisburg, PA: W.S. Ray, state printer, 1916
  5. ↑ Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States, New York: Macmillan, 1988
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 William A. Hunter, "Fort Loudoun Revisited," Cumberland County History, vol 12, no. 1, Summer 1995; pp. 3-12
  7. ↑ Alan Gallay, Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763: An Encyclopedia, Routledge Revivals, 2015 Шаблон:ISBN
  8. ↑ 8,0 8,1 Clarence M. Busch, Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1896
  9. ↑ "Enclosure: William Trent to Adam Stephen, 21 January 1756," Founders Online, National Archives. From The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 2, 14 August 1755 – 15 April 1756, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983, pp. 307–309.
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Greathead не указан текст
  11. ↑ "Plan of Fort Littleton," copy from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
  12. ↑ B. F. M. MacPherson, "Some History on Col. Hance Hamilton, part 1 of 2," in The Gettysburg Times, Saturday, February 22, 1958, Page 6
  13. ↑ Eric Hinderaker, Peter C. Mancall, At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America, Regional Perspectives on Early America. JHU Press, 2003 Шаблон:ISBN
  14. ↑ 14,0 14,1 14,2 Hunter, William Albert. Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier: 1753–1758, (Classic Reprint). Fb&c Limited, 2018.
  15. ↑ Robert Robison, "Colonel J. Armstrong's Attack on the Kittaning", in A Selection of some of the most interesting narratives of outrages committed by the Indians in their wars with the white people, Archibald Loudon, ed. Carlisle: A. Loudon Press, 1811
  16. ↑ "Fort Lyttleton." FortWiki.com
  17. ↑ Adam Watson, "James Creek native unearths history of Fort Littleton," The Daily News, Huntington, PA: August 23, 2013
  18. ↑ "History of Dublin Township," in History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884; pp. 594-601, 659-664
  19. ↑ William Fischer, "Fort Lyttleton Historical Marker," February 7, 2023
  20. ↑ William Fischer, "Fort Lyttelton," July 2, 2023
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