Siege of Fort Henry (1777)

The siege of Fort Henry was an attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a multi tribal alliance in September 1777. The fort, named for Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, was at first defended by only a small number of militia, as rumors of the Indigenous American attack had moved faster than the Indigenous Americans, and a number of militia companies had left the fort. The American settlers were successful in repulsing the Indigenous American attack.