siege, early modern

Siege of Fort Pitt

Name: Siege of Fort Pitt
Start: 1763-06-22
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Siege of Fort Pitt was a siege conducted on 22 June 1763 at Pittsburgh, in what is now Pennsylvania, United States; it lasted 49 days. It was part of the Pontiac's War, which ran from 1763 to 1765. The recorded result: British victory.

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Fought22 June 1763lasted 49 days

WherePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States40.450N, 80.000W

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsOhio Country nativesagainstGreat Britain

Part ofPontiac's War1763 to 1765

Record

Date	22 June 1763 to 10 August 1763
Place	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 40.450N, 80.000W
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Guyasuta	William Trent

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Monongahela 1755, 1.3 km SW
Battle of Fort Duquesne 1758, 1.3 km SW
Battle of Bushy Run 1763, 34 km E
Battle of Fort Ligonier 1758, 69 km E
Siege of Fort Henry 1782, 75 km SW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1755 and 1763.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Bushy Run 1763

Elsewhere in 1763

Siege of Fort Pitt is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (31 in Pennsylvania).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q977428, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Fort Pitt, revision 1370741232, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.