Richard Middleton's 'Never Come To Peace Again'

History has cast aside the events of 1763 and focused on the bookends, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Ignored is a pivotal moment during the tumultuous year of 1763; the Fort Pitt Campaign where a British relief column, sent to relieve the besieged Fort Pitt, was attacked by a coalition of Indians. The event has been mostly ignored or forgotten by historians thus only few scholars have relegated attention to the campaign. In his article about the 42nd Regiment of Foot’s involvement in the battle, Ian Davidson notes that the battle is given little notice in the official battle honors of the regiment. Davidson, himself, is truly concerned about the 42nd’s involvement in the Battle of Bushy Run. David Dixon’s book, Never Come to Peace Again, provides a chapter retelling the event while Richard Middleton dedicates a few pages to the event in his book, Pontiac’s War.
Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns offer a biased and racial view of the battle as evidenced by Cort’s own thoughts of the battle and Colonel Bouquet “whose heroic efforts saved our colonial ancestors from the tomahawk and scalping knife and established the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race in the valley of the Mississippi.” The best analysis offered of the Battle of Bushy Run are Niles Anderson’s “Bushy Run: Decisive Battle in the Wilderness” and Dan Daudelin’s “Numbers and Tactics at Bushy