Medal issued to commemorate Kittanning's destruction
Date
September 8, 1756[1]
Location
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Result
British victory
Belligerents
Pennsylvania
Lenape
Commanders and leaders
John Armstrong Sr.
Captain Jacobs †
Strength
300 provincials
Unknown
Casualties and losses
17 killed 13 wounded 19 missing[2]
9 killed[2]
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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 Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Armstrong Sr., this raid deep into hostile territory was the only major expedition carried out by Pennsylvanian provincial troops during a brutal backcountry war. Early on September 8, 1756, they launched a surprise attack on the Indian village.
^Historian Fred Anderson (Anderson, p. 163) apparently erroneously reports this event as occurring on August 8; other sources consistently place it in September.
^ abPennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Archived 2007-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
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