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Fort Henry was besieged for the second time during the Revolutionary War, by Wyandot and Delaware Indians, British, and Loyalists; Betty Zane brought gunpowder to the fort's defenders
Fort Henry, originally known as Fort Fincastle, was constructed in the summer of 1774 on the Ohio River near the mouth of Wheeling Creek, the present site of Wheeling. The fort, attacked by Indians twice during the Revolutionary War, was a major d...
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