Siege of Fort Loudoun

Siege of Fort Loudoun
Part of the Anglo-Cherokee War and the French and Indian War
Map of Cherokee Country by Henry Timberlake
Date February, 1760 to August 9, 1760 Location Little Tennessee River Cherokee Country now Tennessee Result Cherokee victory
Belligerents
Cherokee Nation	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Ostenaco	Captain Paul Demeré
Strength
500–700	150–230 12 cannon
Casualties and losses
	142 22 killed 120 prisoners

The siege of Fort Loudoun was an engagement during the Anglo-Cherokee War fought from February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors of the Cherokee led by Ostenaco and the garrison of Fort Loudoun (in what is now Tennessee) composed of British and colonial soldiers commanded by Captain Paul Demeré.

During the French and Indian War the Cherokee were sought after as allies by the British and Provincial Colonial Governments to help contest the frontiers against the French and their Indian allies. An alliance was formed and both sides initially fulfilled each other's expectations. The Cherokee provided warriors and in return the British and Provincials provided supplies and protection of the warriors homelands. However, the alliance unravelled and soon incidents by both sides provoked the Anglo-Cherokee War in 1758.