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The grave of General Edward Braddock Dedication Plaque. Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography (1791) includes an account of helping General Braddock garner supplies and carriages for the general's troops. He also describes a conversation with Braddock in which he explicitly warned the General that his plan to march troops to the fort through a ...
The expedition, named after its commander General Edward Braddock, was defeated at the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9 and forced to retreat; Braddock was killed in action along with more than 500 of his troops. It ultimately proved to be a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war, one of the most disastrous defeats ...
The mortally wounded General Braddock during the retreat. The British saw significant casualties in the battle. Of the approximately 1,300 men Braddock led into battle, [1] 456 were killed outright and 422 were wounded. Commissioned officers were prime targets and suffered greatly: out of 86 officers, 26 were killed and 37 wounded.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, which preserves the site of the Battle of Fort Necessity.The battle, which took place on July 3, 1754, was an early battle of the French and Indian War, and resulted in the surrender of British colonial forces under Colonel George Washington, to the French and Indians, under Louis ...
Braddock's Field. Braddock is named for General Edward Braddock (1695–1755), commander of American colonial forces at the start of the French and Indian War. [5] The Braddock Expedition to capture Fort Duquesne (modern day Pittsburgh) from the French led to the British general's own fatal wounding and a sound defeat of his troops after crossing the Monongahela River on July 9, 1755.
1755: Braddock Expedition launched from Fort Cumberland to capture Fort Duquesne from the French. Braddock Road cut through the wilderness following Nemacolin's path; 1755: George Washington appointed Commander of the Virginia Regiment stationed at Fort Cumberland following General Braddock's death; 1775: American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
Major General Edward Braddock was chosen to lead the expedition. [45] He was defeated at the Battle of the Monongahela, and the French remained in control of Fort Duquesne until 1758, when an expedition under General John Forbes finally succeeded in taking the fort. [46] A 1912 map showing the route of the Braddock expedition
A major expedition by General Edward Braddock in 1755 ended in disaster, and British military leaders were unable to mount any campaigns the following year. In a major setback, a French and Indian army, led by General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, captured the garrison and destroyed fortifications at the Battle of Fort Oswego in August 1756. [6]