After The Battle

After The Battle. Bushy Run Battlefield. , Bushy Run Station keeper Andrew Byerly was one of the first settlers to own a portion of the battlefield. He and his family returned in 1765 and built a new station, and by 1769 they owned almost 300 acres of the battlefield., Over the next 150 years the property passed through several local families until farmer John Wanamaker sold four acres to the Bushy Run Memorial Association in 1921. The Association, which was formed in 1918, worked with local school children to collect over 70,000 pennies and purchase a total of 6.5 acres, establishing Bushy Run Park. The park was taken over by the Commonwealth in 1927 and became a State Historic Site in 1963., Today the battlefield consists of over 230 acres and is maintained by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society, formed in 1980, continues the efforts begun by the Bushy Run Memorial Association-to assure the preservation and support the interpretation of the historic site., The 250th Anniversary monument was dedicated in August 2013. It was designed by artists Robert Griffing and John Buxton and sculpted by Wayne Hyde. It is the first monument to be placed at the park in nearly 100 years and honors the men who lost their lives at the Battle of Bushy Run in August 1763., (Captions):, "The Old Homestead" by Andrew Knez, Jr., Much of Bushy Run Battlefield during the late 18th and 19th century had been converted to farm fields. This turn-of-the-century photo looks east across the area of the second day's action. , Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, The Wanamaker farmstead (photo c. 1900) was located next to the parking lot, where the white house now stands. Through archaeological investigations conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Campus and the Carnegie Museum, the Commonwealth has been able to locate the remains of three of the buildings pictured here, the farmhouse, the springhouse and an outbuilding that may have served as a forge or butchering shed. The springhouse structure had formerly been identified as the Andrew Byerly house and spring, but archaeological excavation has not supported that claim. , Courtesy John Mochnick. The History of Penn Township, (Timeline at the bottom of the marker), 1763. . May 9 Siege of Fort Detroit , . May 16 Fort Sandusky falls , . May 25 Fort St. Joseph falls , . May 27 Fort Miami falls , . May 29 Siege of Fort Pitt , . June 1 Fort Ouiatenon falls , . June 2 Fort Michilimackinac falls , . June 2 Fort Ligonier attacked , . June 4 Fort Pitt’s help request reaches Col. Bouquet , . June 12 Amhearst orders the 42nd and 77th to Bouquet , . June 16 Fort Venango falls , . June 18 Fort Le Boeuf falls , . June 22 Fort Pesque Isle falls , . July 15 Bouquet leaves Carlisle , . July 25 Bouquet arrives at Fort Bedford , . August 2 Bouquet arrives at Fort Ligonier , . August 4 Bouquet leaves Fort Ligonier , . August 5 Natives attack Bouquet relief forces , . August 6 British defeat the Natives at Bushy Run , . August 10 British arrive at Fort Pitt , 1764. . October 3 British leave Fort Pitt and march into Ohio , . October 25 Natives sign treaty and release their British prisoners