Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie François-Marie Le Marchand de Lignery
Garrison
6-100 French and Canadian marines
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated
1969[2]
French Forts, 1753 and 1754
Fort Machault (/mɑːˈʃɔːl/, French:[maʃol]) was a fort built by the French in 1754 near the confluence of French Creek with the Allegheny River, in northwest Pennsylvania. (Present-day Franklin developed here later.) The fort helped the French control these waterways, part of what was known as the Venango Path from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. It was one of four forts designed to protect French access to the Ohio Country and connections between its northern and southern colonies. From north to south the forts were Fort Presque Isle (at Lake Erie), Fort Le Boeuf (at the south end of the portage leading to the head of French Creek), Fort Machault (at the confluence noted), and Fort Duquesne. In January 1759 the British launched an expedition to attack Fort Machault, but had to turn back after encountering resistance from French-Allied Native Americans. The fort was abandoned by the French in August 1759, and burned so that the British could not use it. It was replaced by the British in 1760 with Fort Venango.
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FortMachault (/mɑːˈʃɔːl/, French: [maʃol]) was a fort built by the French in 1754 near the confluence of French Creek with the Allegheny River, in northwest...
northwest Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included Fort Presque Isle, FortMachault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was located about 15 miles...
Country, and was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, FortMachault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was built as part of the French military occupation...
Boeuf, about 15 miles south in present-day Waterford, Pennsylvania, and FortMachault, on the Allegheny River in Venango County in present-day Franklin, Pennsylvania...
Fort Venango was a small British fort built in 1760 near the present-day site of Franklin, Pennsylvania. It replaced FortMachault, a French fort built...
Machault may refer to: Machault, Ardennes, in the Ardennes département Machault, Seine-et-Marne, in the Seine-et-Marne département FortMachault, a fort...
men south to FortMachault in mid-June as part of a plan to reinforce the French forts of the Ohio Country and attack the British at Fort Pitt. The forces...
Ligonier Fort Loudoun FortMachaultFort McIntosh Fort Mifflin Fort Necessity Fort Piper Fort Pitt Fort Presque Isle Fort Prince George Fort Robert Smalls...
Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
Bellingham Fort Massac Fort St. Nicholas Fort Prudhomme Fort Sakisdac Fort Venango FortMachaultFort Orleans Fort Mackinac Fort St. Croix Fort Biloxi Fort Toulouse...
he was taken by them to FortMachault, a journey on foot and by boat which took 17 days. The following day he was taken to Fort Presque Isle. Three days...
abandoned all four forts. The British rebuilt all four again during 1759, renaming FortMachault as Fort Venango, and Fort Duquesne as Fort Pitt. Thus the...
the site of Mormon Fort Franklin (1860–1863) Franklin, Pennsylvania, built on the site of the late-18th century French FortMachault, which was rebuilt...
FortMachault on December 4. The commander there, Captain Philippe-Thomas de Joncaire, directed Washington to his superior officer, stationed at Fort...
fortified sites in Pennsylvania, including Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Presque Isle, FortMachault, and the pivotal Fort Duquesne, located near the present site...
build a road and construct a series of forts (Fort Presque Isle, Fort Le Boeuf, FortMachault), and later, Fort Duquesne. The Ohio Iroquois had been reluctant...
This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon...
confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny. The following year, they built FortMachault at that site. Alarmed at these French incursions in the Ohio Valley...
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