Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°20′46″N 76°54′43″W / 40.34611°N 76.91194°W / 40.34611; -76.91194
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This article is about the contemporary settlement. For the fort, see Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania).
Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania
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Fort Hunter is an

Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1]

Six miles north of Harrisburg, on the south bank of

the massacre at Penns Creek, and completed by the Government troops when taking charge in January, 1756.[2]

It was a block-house surrounded by a stockade, and had additional barracks on the outside for the recruits on their way to Fort Augusta. It was generally under the command of Captain Thomas McKee and Captain James Patterson, of Lt. Colonel William Clapham's Augusta Regiment, being the only defense in this list not directly under Colonel Conrad Weiser's command. It occupied an important position and was used until the termination of all hostilities in 1764.[2]

See also

  • Fort Hunter Park
  • Fort Hunter Mansion

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Notes

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ a b The American Historical Register -. Historical Register Pub. Co. 1894.

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