Fort Breckenridge

Fort Breckenridge is a Virginia historical marker in Alleghany County, dedicated 1961.

Alleghany County · dedicated 1961 · Hot Springs Road, about a mile east of intersection with Falls Road

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Fort Breckenridge, also called Fort Mann, stood three miles west at the mouth of Falling Spring Creek. It was built by 1756 during the French and Indian War (1754-1763) as one in a series of fortifications to protect Virginia's frontier. Capt. Robert Breckenridge and his militia garrisoned the fort, which was inspected by Col. George Washington on his frontier tour in 1756. In 1763, during Pontiac's War (1763-1764), the Shawnee chief Cornstalk led a force against the fort but was defeated in a hard fought engagement.

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