• The French knocked down the tiny British fort and built Fort Duquesne, named in honor of Marquis Duquesne, the governor-general of New France.
  • On September 11, 1758, Grant led over 800 men to scout the environs of Fort Duquesne ahead of Forbes' main column.[3] Bouquet believed the fort to be held by...
  • It was the campaigns against Fort Duquesne that honed Washington’s military instincts, and taught him the methods of British and French Tactical Warfare.
  • In 1958, the Fort Duquesne stamp was released in Pittsburgh. This marked 200 years after the fort was burned and abandoned by the French at the juncture of...
  • An expansion was constructed east of the fort in 1758. The British and British colonials made three attempts to drive the French out of Fort Duquesne.
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  • In the spring of 1754, Major George Washington was sent to Fort Duquesne to discuss boundaries, and to persuade the French to leave the area peacefully.
  • occurring in 1758, the British seized Fort Duquesne, which they renamed Fort Pitt after William Pitt, the British leader.
  • Established by the French in 1754, Fort Duquesne was situated at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers that form the Ohio River.