Fort Halifax, was located along the Susquehanna River near the present day borough of Halifax, Pennsylvania. It was a temporary stronghold in northern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania from 1756 to 1757, during the time of the French and Indian War. The fort was erected by Col. William Clapham, with the order of Governor Morris, and guarded by a garrison of the Pennsylvania colonial militia.^[1] The fort was a subpost of Fort Augusta, which was the largest of the Provincial forts. It was a 160-feet square log stockade with four bastions. It was dismantled in 1757 and its garrison was moved to Fort Hunter.^[2] The Susquehanna River, originally Sasquesahanough as per the 1612 John Smith map, is a river in the northeastern United States. ... Halifax is a borough located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ... Dauphin County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania and is one of four counties comprising the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants France First Nations allies: * Algonquin * Wyandot * Ojibwa * Ottawa * Shawnee Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy Strength 3,900 regulars 7,900 militia 2,200 natives (1759) 50,000 regulars and militia (1759) The French and Indian War was the nine-year North American chapter of the Seven Years War. ... Robert Hunter Morris, born 1700 in Trenton, New Jersey, died January 27, 1764 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, was a prominent governmental figure in Colonial Pennsylvania. ... The concept of the militia in the United States of America is a complex one. ... Fort Augusta was a stronghold in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the upper Susquehanna Valley from the time of the French and Indian War to the close of the American Revolution. ...

A stone monument, erected in 1926, is located along PA Route 147 north of Halifax along Armstrong Creek. The area of the former fort is now part of the Halifax Township Park and Conservation Area, which consists of 174 acres bordered on one side by the Susquehanna River and contains a long stretch of Armstrong Creek.^[3] Armstrong Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in the United States. ...

References

1. ^ Clarence M., Busch (1896). Report of the Commission to located the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. State Printer of Pennsylvania. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
2. ^ Fort of Pennsylvania. American Forts Network (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
3. ^ Halifax Township Park and Recreation Area. Central PA Conservancy (2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-26.

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See also

• List of Forts in the United States