near present-day Capon Bridge, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Result
Indian victory
Belligerents
Shawnee Delaware[1]
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Commanders and leaders
Killbuck[3]
John Mercer †
Strength
Over 100
Approximately 60 Virginia militia
Casualties and losses
Unknown
More than 18 killed
All but 6 killed according to Killbuck
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Seven Years' War in North America:The French and Indian War, Ohio Valley Theater
Jumonville Glen
Fort Necessity
Braddock Expedition
Monongahela
Penn's Creek
The Trough
Sideling Hill
Great Cacapon
Kittanning
Bloody Springs
Forbes Expedition
Fort Duquesne
Fort Ligonier
The Battle of Great Cacapon — also known as Mercer's Massacre — was fought on April 18, 1756[2] between members of Colonel George Washington's Virginia Regiment and French-allied Shawnee and Delaware Indians. Captain Mercer and a company of his men were pursuing some Indians when they were ambushed by a larger number of Indian raiders. Mercer and at least 16 of his men were killed.
^None of the referenced sources indicate that any Frenchmen took part in this event, although there may have been some in the area.
^ abSome sources (e.g. Cartmell and Kercheval et al) place this event in 1757, apparently as they rely on Killbuck's account of the events. Correspondence by George Washington concerning Mercer's death is in 1756, and newspaper reports from that year (see Lucier) also place it then.
^Cartmell, p. 73
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