Siege of Fort Pitt
The Siege of Fort Pitt took place during June and July of 1763 in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The siege was a part of Pontiac's War, an effort by Native Americans to remove the British from the Ohio Country and Allegheny Plateau after they refused to honor their promises and treaties to leave voluntarily after the defeat of the French. The Native American efforts of diplomacy, and by siege, to remove the British from Fort Pitt ultimately failed. This event is best known for the use of biological warfare, where the British gave items from a smallpox infirmary as gifts to Native American emissaries with the hope of spreading the deadly disease to nearby tribes.
Siege of Fort Pitt
The Siege of Fort Pitt took place during June and July of 1763 in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The siege was a part of Pontiac's War, an effort by Native Americans to remove the British from the Ohio Country and Allegheny Plateau after they refused to honor their promises and treaties to leave voluntarily after the defeat of the French. The Native American efforts of diplomacy, and by siege, to remove the British from Fort Pitt ultimately failed. This event is best known for the use of biological warfare, where the British gave items from a smallpox infirmary as gifts to Native American emissaries with the hope of spreading the deadly disease to nearby tribes.
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Le siège de Fort Pitt eut lieu ...... Fort Pitt a finalement échoué.
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The Siege of Fort Pitt took pl ...... adly disease to nearby tribes.
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Great Britain
Ohio Countrynatives
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1763-08-10
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British victory
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"A Plan of the New Fort at Pit ...... Rocque and published in 1765.
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Papers of Col. Henry Bouquet, ed. Stevens and Kent, ser. 21634, p. 161.
William Trent, William Trent's Journal at Fort Pitt
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INVOICE for 1763 June
Levy, Trent and Company: Account against the Crown, Aug. 13, 1763
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Le siège de Fort Pitt eut lieu ...... Fort Pitt a finalement échoué.
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The Siege of Fort Pitt took pl ...... adly disease to nearby tribes.
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