What the records say
- When
- 21 Sep 1777
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 40.06° N, 80.72° W
- Description
- 1777 attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a mixed band of Indians
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Henry”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
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