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Fort Necessity
(Encyclopedia)Fort Necessity, entrenched camp built in July, 1754, by George Washington and his Virginia militia at Great Meadows (near the present Uniontown, Pa.). He retired there when he learned that the British...Necessity, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Necessity, Fort: see Fort Necessity. ...Fort Duquesne
(Encyclopedia)Fort Duquesne dəkānˈ, do͞o– [key], at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of Pittsburgh, SW Pa. Because of its strategic location, it was a major objective in the l...Great Meadows
(Encyclopedia)Great Meadows: see Fort Necessity. ...Leavenworth, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Leavenworth, Fort: see Fort Leavenworth. ...Monroe, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Monroe, Fort: see Fort Monroe.Mims, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Mims, Fort: see Fort Mims.McHenry, Fort
(Encyclopedia)McHenry, Fort: see Fort McHenry. ...Meigs, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Meigs, Fort: see Fort Meigs.Marion, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla. ...Browse by Subject
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