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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Berkeley , Sir William , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Braddock , Edward , 1695 - (search)
Braddock, Edward, 1695-
Military officer; born in Perthshire, Scotland, about 1695; entered the army as ensign in the Cold-stream Guards; served in the wars in Flanders; received a commission as brigadier-general in 1746, and major-general in March, 1754.
He arrived in Virginia in February, 1755, and, placed in command of an expedition against Fort Duquesne, began his march from Will's Creek (Cumberland, Md.), June 10, with about 2,000 men, regulars and provincials.
Anxious to reach his destination before Fort Duquesne should receive reinforcements, he made forced marches with 1,200 men, leaving Colonel Dunbar, his second in command, to follow with the remainder and the wagon-train.
On the morning of July 9 the little army forded the Monongahela River, and advanced in solid platoons along the southern shores of that stream.
Washington saw the perilous arrangement of the troops after the fashion of European tactics, and he ventured to advise Braddock to disperse his army in op
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Butler , Benjamin Franklin , 1818 -1893 (search)