LOUDON, FORTS
\lˈa͡ʊdɒn], \lˈaʊdɒn], \l_ˈaʊ_d_ɒ_n]\
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There were two fortifications of this name during the colonial period. Both were erected for the purpose of defence against the Indians. One was erected in Loudon County, Tenn., on the Tennessee River, about 1750, and was the scene of an Indian massacre a few years later. The other was built in 1752 near Winchester, Va., for the protection of the town. It was a square with four bastions, mounting twenty-four guns and large enough to contain 450 men.
By John Franklin Jameson
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