This siege was abandoned today in 1702. Read about this siege here
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Full text of "An historical account of the expedition against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782 : with biographical sketches, personal reminiscences, and descriptions of interesting localities; including, also, details of the disastrous retreat, the barbarities of the savages, and the awful death of Crawford by torture"
Here This story has Butler's Rangers, Simon Girty and horrible tortures. Wiki
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Living here in St. Augustine, in the shadow of El Castillo de San Marcos I have to say that this was a very interesting seige and the history reads like an adventure story. If you ever get a chance to come down here and see the Castillo it is quite a sight. She is the only military castle built in the continental US (started in 1672 finished 1696)and has been besieged twice (1702 & 1740)and never fell to force of arms one of the few castles in the world to boast this feat. She also served as a military post up to and including WWII. Pardon me if I wax proud of our castle.
ReplyDeleteno apologies are required for bieng proud of your local history. I wish I could have found a decent photo
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