Flour Bag Fort

Flour Bag Fort. Bushy Run Battlefield. , "We took Post last night on the Hill. There we encircled the whole and covered our wounded with Flour Bags." , Col. Bouquet August 6th, 1763, At the top of Edge Hill soldiers stacked flour bags in a circle to protect the wounded and moved the pack animals and supplies into a natural ravine. The rest of the men were posted in defensive positions on the brow of the hill to repulse the attack., An officer at the battle wrote: "In an American campaign everything is terrible; the face of the country, the climate, the enemy. There is no refreshment for the healthy, nor relief for the sick. A vast inhospitable desert, unsafe and treacherous surrounds them, where victories are not decisive, but defeats are ruinous; and simple death is the least misfortune which can happen to them.", (Captions):, Col. Henry Bouquet, Letter from Col. Bouquet, Plan of the battle near Bushy Run, (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