By decade
The engagements fought in Pennsylvania, by decade.
Where these engagements were fought
All 19 are placed on the map. Select a marker to see the engagement.
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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.
Notable engagements
| Engagement | Year | Outcome | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Jumonville Glen | 1754 | British victory | French ~10 killed, most captured |
| Battle of the Monongahela | 1755 | French-Indian victory | French 39 killed; British 457 killed |
| Kittanning Expedition | 1756 | Pennsylvanian victory | Pennsylvania 17 killed; Lenape 9 killed |
| Battle of Sideling Hill | 1756 | Lenape victory | Pennsylvania 20 killed |
| Battle of Fort Duquesne | 1758 | French victory | British 104 killed |
| Battle of Fort Ligonier | 1758 | British victory | British 12 killed |
| Battle of Bushy Run | 1763 | British victory | British ~50 |
| Siege of Fort Pitt | 1763 | British victory | |
| Gnadenhütten massacre (Pennsylvania) | 1755 | ||
| Northampton massacre | 1755 | ||
| Penn's Creek massacre | 1755 | ||
| Great Cove massacre | 1755 |
Plus 7 further documented engagements in the Pennsylvania record.
Every engagement with a page
All 14 engagements in this record that have their own detailed page, in date order.
Battle of Jumonville Glen (1754)Battle of the Monongahela (1755)Gnadenhütten massacre (Pennsylvania) (1755)Great Cove massacre (1755)Northampton massacre (1755)Penn's Creek massacre (1755)Battle of Sideling Hill (1756)Kittanning Expedition (1756)Bloody Springs massacre (1757)Hochstetler massacre (1757)Battle of Fort Duquesne (1758)Battle of Fort Ligonier (1758)Battle of Bushy Run (1763)Siege of Fort Pitt (1763)
By conflict
French and Indian War
The North American theater of the Seven Years' War, 1754-1763, from Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity to the fall of Quebec.
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Pontiac's War
The 1763-1766 Native uprising across the Great Lakes and Ohio Country: the fort captures, Bushy Run, and the siege of Detroit.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0).