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Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The fort was built from 1759 to 1761 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne. The French built Fort Duquesne in 1754, at the beginning of that war, and it became a focal point due to its strategic river location. The Braddock expedition, a 1755 attempt to take Fort Duquesne, met with a bloody repulse at the Monongahela River. The French garrison viciously mauled an attacking British regiment in September 1758, but abandoned and destroyed the fort at the approach of General John Forbes's expedition in November.

Following Washington's return to Virginia in January 1754, Dinwiddie sent Virginians to build Fort Prince George at the forks. Work began on the fort on February 17. By April 18, a much larger French force arrived at the forks, forcing the small British garrison there to surrender. The French knocked down the tiny British fort and built Fort Duquesne, named in honor of Marquis Duquesne, the governor-general of New France.

Fort Duquesne

Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina.

Fort Sumter view from webcam mounted to cupola of Calhoun Mansion, 5 Dec. 2007

Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield Site preserving elements of the Battle of Fort Necessity in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754 and was an early battle of the French and Indian War.

Fort Ticonderoga

is a large 18th-century fort built at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States.

It was constructed by the French between 1754 and 1757 during the Seven Years' War

Fort Dix

West Point was first occupied by the Continental Army on 27 January 1778,[7] making it the longest continually occupied post in the United States.[8] Between 1778 and 1780, Polish engineer and military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko oversaw the construction of the garrison defenses.[9] The Great Chain and high ground above the narrow "S" curve in the Hudson River enabled the Continental Army to prevent British ships from sailing up river and dividing the Colonies.[10][11] It was as commander of the fortifications at West Point that Benedict Arnold committed his infamous act of treason when he attempted to sell the fort to the British.[12][13] The main fort at West Point had originally been named after Arnold, but was changed to Fort Clinton after Arnold's betrayal.

While "Mount Vernon" -- drawn from the Mount Vernon plantation, the home of George Washington located south of Alexandria -- is often used locally to refer to the entire unincorporated area between Old Town Alexandria and Fort Belvoir, Mount Vernon as defined by the Census Bureau encompasses only the part of it coextensive with Alexandria ZIP code 22309, bounded by the Potomac River to the south, Fort Belvoir to the west, Huntley Meadows Park to the north, and Little Hunting Creek to the east.

Battle of the Monongahela

Braddock

Braddock died of his wounds on July 13, four days after the battle, and was buried on the road near Fort Necessity.