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Fort Pitt

Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was named Fort Pitt after the British under General John Forbes captured the French held Fort Duquesne in 1758. They destroyed the old fort and rebuilt it with a moat.



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