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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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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), Dinwiddie , Robert , 1690 -1770 (search)
Fry, Joshua 1754-1754
Military officer; born in Somersetshire, England; educated at Oxford, and was professor of mathematics in the College of William and Mary, in Virginia.
He served in public civil life in Virginia, and in 1754 was intrusted with the command of an expedition against the French on the head-waters of the Ohio.
He died at a place at the mouth of Will's Creek (now Cumberland), Md., while conducting the expedition, May 31, 1754.
He had been colonel of the militia (1750) and a member of the governor's council.
When Frye died, the command of the expedition to the Ohio was assumed by George Washington, who had been second in command.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield , James Abram 1831 -1881 (search)