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Lacock's map of the road. Braddock met defeat east of Fort Duquesne and was fatally wounded. [1] He was buried in the middle of the road he built, and his soldiers marched over the grave, with the hope of concealing the grave's location from the Indians. The grave was found years later by road workers and the grave was moved.
Map of Braddock's Military Road. The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War.
Map of Braddock's Military Road from Cumberland to Pennsylvania, built in 1755 during the French and Indian War. Cumberland, Maryland is named after the son of King George II, Prince William, the Duke of Cumberland.
The road that was SR 620 continues ahead as Old Braddock Road, SR 7759. Old Braddock Road continues ahead to Old Centreville Road (SR 898). That road connects to the beginning of the third segment of Braddock Road, which is located at a four-way intersection with US 29. This third segment was originally connected with what is now Spindle Court ...
Map of Braddock's Military Road, showing nearby Grantsville. The number 4 indicates the camp at Little Meadows. On June 10, 1755, British and American forces left Fort Cumberland, heading west. On the 16th they arrived at Little Meadows, where Sir John St. Clair had made a temporary camp.
With Braddock's defeat in 1755, construction on Braddock's Road was stopped short, less than 10 miles from its goal of Fort Duquesne. To many, particularly from Virginia and the southern colonies, a continuation of Braddock's Road seemed a far more sensible solution than breaking a new path across the largely unknown Pennsylvania wilderness.
General Braddock's March (points 1–10) follows or parallels (and improves upon) Chief Nemacolin's Trail from the Potomac River to the Monogahela. The route from the summit to Redstone Creek, which could be used by wagons, was bypassed by Braddock. At the summit near the top of the watershed of the Youghigheny, Braddock's Expedition diverted ...
Braddock Road (Braddock expedition), the road in Maryland and Pennsylvania laid out by the Braddock expedition, including: Maryland Route 49, a state highway in Allegany County, Maryland; Braddock Road (Northern Virginia), signed as State Route 620; Braddock Road (Alexandria, Virginia) Braddock Road (Washington Metro), a subway station in ...