Fort Loudoun is in the middle of the Cherokee nation. George Washington was surrounded by the french and was forced to surrender.The English and the french were fighting. In 1758 the English were getting into position so they could claim more land. a lot of the worriers went home when people were raiding there forts. There was a law that if somebody killed some body from somebody else's family they get to kill a person from there family. The English captured the Cherokee and the next day people died. In August the English ran out of food. The Cherokee killed 20 members of the garrisons soldiers and captions. The Cherokee would raid the American forts. Forts there are filled with solders . You would find soldiers every were they thought was important. The forts would be by there needs. There were canons. Uniform is 15 pounds. The modern solders would have red coats with green selves. You had to were a coat no madder what. Straight thast shoes you were on either foot. The muskets were exactly the same . It takes 20 seconds to load. You can have issues if you don't use it usually. Once you shoot people have 20 seconds to run at you. Soldiers carried 60 ponds of equipment. The English fought in rows. Uniforms were uncomfortable and then you get used to it. In the fort there are four places for there canons. The fort was really crowded. It is forth of and acre. One good thing skyping with Mr.Akin was he taught me a lot of things I didn't know.
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