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The Siege of Fort Randolph

May 20 & 21, 2006

Link here to learn more about the conflict.

Photos by Jim & Kathy Cummings

Link to Point Pleasant WV for more about the history of the Fort
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Ft. Randolph

In 1774 over 1,000 Indians attacked troops at the Battle of Point Pleasant during Dunmore’s War. Captain Matthew Arbuckle under General Hand later erected a fort here. Cornstalk who had led the Indians in 1774 returned in 1777 on a mission of peace, to warn the troops, his nation was bent on war.
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Every day life at the fort - dying garments in a walnut dye (left) and working in the blacksmith’s shop (right).
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The militia worried about their rum rations while others went outside the fort walls to work on the crops.
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Young men attended to their duties including drilling and standing guard.
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Cornstalk who had in 1774 had been an enemy of the fort, now comes in peace to try and negotiate a settlement but is instead killed by some hotheaded young men.
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Word comes that avenging Indians have attacked the settlers working in the fields.
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The militia answers the call - but are soon pushed back by the Indians.
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A hastily filled canteen and water brought to the fighting men help as the siege drags on for days.
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Fort Randolph withstands the Siege but is later burned to the ground.

See the links above for more about the Siege on Fort Randolph. Click here to see the 2005 photos from Fort Randolph.

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