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American Revolution Podcast

ARP156 The Siege of Fort Henry

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Over the summer of 1777, native tribes along the western frontier attack American settlements. In August, they attack Fort Henry in Virginia. After a sustained attack, the garrison receives reinforcements and forces the attackers to abandon the siege. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois, by Glenn Williams Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyse00deha, by Wills De Haas  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today episode 156 the Siege of Fort Henry.

1:05.0

We're still working our way through August 1777,

1:09.0

as we've done for many episodes now,

1:12.0

but so much has been happening in that month.

1:15.1

Much of it has been in upstate New York as General Burgoyne made his way from Canada toward Albany.

1:22.1

I've mentioned in earlier episodes that that was a big part of the

1:25.7

British war effort, making use of their Indian allies throughout North America.

1:32.1

The relationship between the British government and the North American tribes during this period

1:37.4

is one that is often ignored or misunderstood by casual students of the Revolutionary War.

1:44.0

Many have expressed a belief that the British pretty much ignored the Indians and kept separate from them most of the time.

1:52.0

Every so often a pompous British general would give

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