Fort Loudoun

Fort Loudoun

250^th Anniversary

Commemorative Prints

1756-2006

To commemorate the 250^th Anniversary of Fort Loudoun, local artist and military historian Ken Smith has been commissioned to create a series of five paintings depicting highpoints through the four-year history of the fort. Prints of the first in the series, “Over The Hills”, are now available for purchase. All proceeds from the sales of these prints benefit the Fort Loudoun Association and its efforts to support the park.

Over the Hills
Late Summer, 1756. Sergeant William Gibbs of the Independent Company of South Carolina leads a detachment of twenty soldiers and a number of Cherokee warriors, including the chief Attakullakulla, on an expedition from Fort Prince George (near present day Clemson, South Carolina) to Tomately, a Cherokee town located near Chota, the capitol of the Cherokee Nation, in what is now East Tennessee. On arrival, Gibbs was to reconnoiter the area for a new British fortification that would eventually be called Fort Loudoun.

Prints are reproduced from the original oil painting with archival paper and fade-resistant inks. Each of the 250 prints in the edition are signed and numbered by the artist and are accompanied by a numbered registration/historical summary certificate.

Image size is 14" x 17 3/4 ", overall print size is 18" x 24". Print cost is $95 which includes shipping and handling (and sales tax, if applicable).

Mud and Blood

Carolina Builds a Fort in the Overhills

Winter, 1757. Captain Postell's Company of construction workers dig the ramparts and battlements for the outworks of the new fort located near Chota, the capitol of the Cherokee nation. The fort's engineer William DeBrahm left the site on Christmas Day, 1756 leaving Captain Raymond Demere to complete the construction on his own. Prior to his leaving, however, DeBrahm had discharged the construction troops (over whom he had no authority), leading to a great deal of unrest and one Courts Martial.