Historic Fort Loudoun
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) the British Colony of South Carolina
felt threatened by French activities in the Mississippi Valley. To counter this threat,
the Colony sent the Independent Company of South Carolina to construct and
garrison what became Fort Loudoun. This move helped to ally the Overhill Cherokee
Nation in the fight against the French and guaranteed the trade would continue
between the Cherokee and South Carolina.
In the course of the fort’s four-year existence, relations between South Carolina
and the Cherokee Nation broke down. In August, 1760, the Cherokee captured
Fort Loudoun and its garrison.
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