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AMERICA 250 THE FIGHT FOR BRYAN'S STATION (PT 2): SIMON GIRTY'S REVENGE
Summary of the Fight for Bryan's Station & Simon Girty's Revenge
🌾 The Fight for Bryan's Station (August 15–17, 1782)
Bryan's Station, a frontier fort in Fayette County, Kentucky, came under attack when Capt. William Caldwell led a combined force of Shawnee and Delaware warriors along with Canadian Rangers. The defenders—frontier families and militia—held out under constant skirmish fire. Reinforcements from Lexington arrived later that day, helping secure the fort.
The attackers, unable to break the defense, burned crops and killed livestock before withdrawing. Though the fort survived, the…
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