about 100 about 50 militia Result Indian victory | Date 4 April 1756 | |
Unknown, but heavy 20 Killed and about 20 wounded Similar French and Indian War, Battle of Fort Ligonier, Battle of Sabbath Day Point, Battle of Bloody Creek, Battle of Fort Bull | ||
The Battle of Sideling Hill was an engagement between Pennsylvania colonial militia and a band of Native Americans that had recently attacked Fort McCord and taken a number of colonial settlers captive. On April 1, 1756, a band of Delawares, probably under the command of either Captain Jacobs or Shingas, stormed Fort McCord in western Pennsylvania, where they captured or killed 27 settlers. In response to the raid, three bands of militia were sent in pursuit. Captain Alexander Culbertson's company, numbering about 50, caught up with the Delawares three days later. In a two-hour engagement, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the colonists were driven off by the arrival of reinforcements.
The precise location of the Battle of Sideling Hill and hence the burial site of the militia lost in the battle has not been determined.