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Illustration of mounted militia arriving at a frosty log farmhouse at dawn in 1794

The Whiskey Rebellion in Pittsburgh: The Dreadful Night Arrests of November 1794

People & Personalities, Pittsburgh HistoryBy userNovember 13, 2026

In November 1794 federal militia rounded up about 150 men across western Pennsylvania in the dark. What Lee’s orders said, why the date is disputed, what happened to the prisoners in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and how the pardons actually worked.

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