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	Fort Necessity National Battlefield - The Braddock Campaign (U.S. National Park Service)
		Braddock decided to follow the road Washington had blazed over the mountains on his way to Fort Necessity the previous year.
		Finally the army was split in two with Braddock moving ahead with the bulk of the men and a few pieces of artillery.
		Finally, as Braddock was carried from the field severely wounded, the surviving British fled.
	www.nps.gov /fone/braddock.htm (706 words)

	Edward Braddock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Braddock's troops were completely surprised and routed, and Braddock, rallying his men time after time, fell at last, mortally wounded by a shot through the right arm and into his lung.
		Braddock was carried off the field by Washington and another officer, and died on 13 July 1755, just four days after the battle.
		Braddock was buried in the middle of the road and wagons were rolled over top of the grave site to prevent his body from being discovered and desecrated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Braddock (508 words)

	Edward Braddock
		He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, about 1695, the son of Major-General Edward Braddock (died 1725).
		The troops were completely surprised and routed, and Braddock, rallying his men time after time, fell at last, mortally wounded.
		Braddock was carried off the field with difficulty, and died on 13 July 1755.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ed/Edward_Braddock.html (293 words)

	Military.com Content
		In 1755, Gen. Edward Braddock was appointed to head the British forces in North America, and he believed himself eminently qualified.
		Braddock disembarked at the port of Alexandria in the spring of 1755, determined to lead the attack against Fort Duquesne (modern-day Pittsburgh) personally.
		Braddock had done his best with the flat of his sword and the edge of his tongue to restore order to his ranks, but he was too late.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_braddock_bkp (463 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Braddock, Edward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Braddock, Edward BRADDOCK, EDWARD [Braddock, Edward] 1695-1755, British general in the French and Indian War (see under French and Indian Wars).
		He served in the disastrous campaign of Edward Braddock and in other actions in the French and Indian War but is best remembered for his defense of Detroit in Pontiac's Rebellion.
		A physician, he was a surgeon in the forces of Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) and after the defeat at Culloden (1746) emigrated to America.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/01775.html (646 words)

	Edward Braddock
		General Braddock was buried in the middle of the road near Fort Necessity to avoid his body's detection by the Indians.
		When Braddock heard that not more than twenty-five wagons could be procured for the use of the army, he declared that the expedition should not start.
		There is little doubt that, but for the obstinacy and self-sufficiency of Braddock, the disaster might have been averted; for the crushing and sanguinary defeat of 9 July was inflicted by a handful of men, who intended only to molest his advance.
	www.famousamericans.net /edwardbraddock (1238 words)

	Can Braddock find a future in its rich historic and natural resources? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Braddock's reinforcements retreated to Philadelphia, leaving the frontier to be defended for the next three years by young George Washington, who took four bullets through his coat and had two horses shot out from under him at the Battle of Monongahela, but escaped--miraculously, some thought--without injury.
		Four sections of Braddock were determined to be eligible for the National Register in 1991: a five-block stretch of Braddock Avenue; the Talbot Avenue residential district; the Maple and Wood streets residential pocket; and an institutional area comprising the library, post office and nearby residential streets.
		Braddock borough administrator Ella Jones said she doesn't know why the borough never pursued listing on the register, only that by the time she arrived four years ago, many buildings were too far gone for anything but demolition.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04337/420247.stm (2128 words)

	Braddock, Edward - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Braddock, Edward 1695-1755, British general in the French and Indian War (see under French and Indian Wars).
		Although he had seen little active campaigning before 1754, Braddock was reputed to have a good knowledge of European military tactics and was noted as a stern disciplinarian.
		Braddock himself had four horses shot from under him before he was mortally wounded.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-braddocke1.html (530 words)

	Braddock's defeat Battle of Monongahela river
		Braddock was influenced by a cabal of young officers headed by his aide de camp Captain Robert Orme.
		Braddock took a force of 1,500 men with some supplies in what Washington hoped would be a rush to the French fort.
		Braddock finally cleared the mountains after an 80 mile march and crossed the main branch of the Youghiogheny on 29th June 1755.
	www.britishbattles.com /braddock.htm (3402 words)

	Braddock’s Road and Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock Markers - The Historical Marker Database
		The old Braddock Road passed to the southeast of the National Road from Clarysville to the "Shades of Death" near "Two Mile Run." The national Road was begun by the Government in 1811.
		Edward Braddock's British army widened Washington's road and extended it to the Monongahela River.
		Braddock's goal of expelling the French from Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh) was thwarted when his advance troops collided with a force of French and Indians.
	www.hmdb.org /results.asp?SeriesID=6 (1206 words)

	Documents written by Washington, Braddock will be displayed here
		Edward Braddock's defeat at the Battle of Monongahela, where four bullets whizzed through Washington's uniform and another through his hat.
		Edward Braddock is shown in a detail from a painting by Frederick James that is on display at the Braddock Carnegie Library.
		Braddock, mortally wounded after four horses were shot out from under him, died a few days later and was buried along what is now U.S. Route 40.
	www.post-gazette.com /localnews/20030210generalsrp2.asp (1526 words)

	Braddock's March Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Braddock at the Monongahela; by Paul E. Kopperman; Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburg, 1977.
		Braddock Road Chronicles, 1755; compiled by Andrew J. Wahll; Heritage Books, Inc. This is a compilation of several journals of the march arranged in chronological order so the reader can follow the march day by day.
		This is a very well researched study of the topic of what currency and/or gold Braddock's army may have had with it and what may have happened to it after the defeat.
	www.fortedwards.org /braddock/biblio.htm (864 words)

	Braddock's Last March - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Braddock, first in a succession of British commanders-in-chief in Colonial America, did not see it coming, said Robert Messner, a Pittsburgh attorney, amateur historian and chief organizer of the Battle of Monongahela commemoration scheduled this July in Braddock.
		Braddock's ship, the Norwich, slipped into the harbor of Hampton Roads, Va., in the middle of February 1755, eight months after the first debacle of the French and Indian War for the British: the defeat at Fort Necessity in the backwoods of western Pennsylvania.
		He said Braddock, armed by the English government with extraordinary powers, meant to speak with Dinwiddie and the governors of four nearby colonies -- New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland -- at Annapolis, Md. For reasons of logistics, the meeting convened instead at Alexandria, Va., on the Potomac River, in the middle of April.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_311803.html (1503 words)

	History
		Braddock requested that the men wait until after the battle to get paid because a number of them would be killed.
		Braddock then suggested they hide the gold instead of taking it into battle, lest it fall into the hands of the French and Indians.
		It was decided that the two guides, with General Braddock as witness, would retrace their trail to the river and cache the gold until after the battle.
	www.township.north-huntingdon.pa.us /history.htm (2738 words)

	Edward Braddock - LoveToKnow 1911
		He was the son of Major-General Edward Braddock (d.
		The column crossed the Monongahela river on the 9th of July and almost immediately afterwards fell into an ambuscade of French and Indians.
		He was carried off the field with difficulty, and died on the 13th.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Edward_Braddock (234 words)

	Edward Braddock - Wikipedia
		Braddock selbst würde eine Expedition gegen Fort Duquesne bei den Forks of the Ohio anführen.
		Braddock fiel schließlich tödlich verwundet, nachdem er ein ums andere Mal seine Soldaten um sich zu scharen versuchte.
		Außerdem berichtete er von einem Gespräch mit Braddock, bei dem er ihn ausdrücklich davor warnte, seine Truppen durch ein enges Tal marschieren zu lassen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Braddock (431 words)

	History on the doorstep in Braddock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In his book "Braddock at the Monongahela," Paul E. Kopperman, professor of history at Oregon State University, said the men in Braddock's army were terrified by the battle cries of the Indian fighters, who were known for scalping their foes.
		Braddock, meanwhile, was trying to rally the men and had four or five horses shot out from under him.
		Braddock was taken by his officers to a stream, which Bob Messner, a local historian, said was probably at the corner of what today is Braddock Avenue and 13th Street in Braddock.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05184/531178.stm (1442 words)

	The Braddock Disaster
		In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was dispatched to command the British and colonial forces in North America.
		Braddock adhered to his accustomed manner of warfare and refused to allow the colonials to take the fight into the forest.
		Braddock commanded bravely — four horses were shot out from under him — but was mortally wounded and died several days later.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h784.html (555 words)

	General Edward Braddock
		Edward Braddock, an English general, led British and colonial troops in a disastrous expedition against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.
		Braddock became commander of the British forces in America in 1754.
		Braddock landed at Alexandria, Virginia, in 1755 and assembled a force of some 1,200 men at Fort Cumberland, Maryland.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/misc/braddock.html (481 words)

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		The commander of the French force, Captain Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu, was killed in the first exchange of fire, but the Indians took advantage of the cover provided by the surrounding forest and poured fire into the British ranks, killing 15 of the 18 officers in the advance guard.
		After Braddock was wounded in the side, the troops fell back pell-mell across the Monongahela.
		Braddock's Defeat located at US 30 at Forest Hills, S of I376 exit 10.
	www.explorepahistory.com /hmarker.php?markerId=126 (386 words)

	How to Spell Pittsburgh: "I Have Called the Place..."
		Braddock is immortal through defeat, but his name eternal as human things are because it has been applied to a great industrial community and in that application suggestive of mighty works and wonderful accomplishments.
		The fame of the modern town of Braddock, that has spread far beyond the locus of the battle, is such that every detail of the strange contest maintains an absorbing interest.
		This was Major-Gen. Edward Braddock, appointed January 14, 1755, to this service and the command of all the Royal forces in North America.
	www.clpgh.org /exhibit/hname8.html (14995 words)

	Edward Braddock - Resultados de la búsqueda - MSN Encarta
		Edward Braddock (1695-1755), militar británico, comandante en jefe de las tropas británicas en las Colonias norteamericanas, nacido en Perth...
		En 1755 fue enviado a Norteamérica el general británico Edward Braddock con la misión de tomar Fort Duquesne.
		Cuando estalló la Guerra Francesa e India, Franklin proporcionó suministros al capitán general inglés Edward Braddock garantizando su propio crédito...
	es.encarta.msn.com /Edward_Braddock.html (97 words)

	Braddock's Defeat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Notes: General Edward Braddock (1695-1755) was appointed in 1754 to command the American colonies in the French and Indian War.
		Braddock, who had spent most of his career in non-combat posts (he had been an officer in the Coldstream Guards), seemed well enough suited for this task.
		Braddock was mortally wounded, and two-thirds of his men became casualties.
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/LxA526.html (445 words)

	general edward braddock information -- general edward braddock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Braddock, is the site of General Edward Braddock's encampment in 1755 while en route to Fort Duquesne where he issued his last orders before dying after the battle.
		Braddock was mortally wounded during an expedition to capture the...
		General Edward Braddock's personal papers stated that plans were in progress to enslave the Acadians..this statement was made almost a year before the deportation A letter from England to Lawrence...
	www.intiedward.info /generaledwardbraddock (1669 words)

	Robert Griffing - The Wounding of General Braddock
		In the spring of 1755, General Edward Braddock moved his army of 2000 north from Virginia towards Fort Duquesne.
		Expecting an ambush to occur during the river crossing, Braddock took precautions to see that all was secure before sending the troops through the shallows.
		Braddock, badly bleeding, was loaded with two other wounded officers and taken from the battle ground, He died within days of the battle.
	www.lordnelsons.com /gallery/frontier/griffing/61.htm (189 words)

	On the Street...
		Major General Edward Braddock was a fearless man who headed a regiment that fought the French and Indians.
		Widespread as the drinking problem was in the ranks, General Braddock was also known for his bacchanal-like spirit when it came to “wine, women, and food.” General Braddock had no problem recruiting men.
		General Braddock’s army marched from Alexandria to Winchester, leaving town via a northwest route, which is Braddock Road.
	braddockplace.com /bpc_rc_street.htm (579 words)

	BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
		Awed by the display of artillery, it was decided to attack the force on the move, rather than await their arrival at the fort.
		Braddock and his officers decided that it must be that there was to be no ambush.
		Meanwhile, Braddock, with his staff, including George Washington, and the bulk of the army, having finished the fording of the Monongahela, heard what they at first thought was skirmishing up ahead.
	www.mohicanpress.com /braddocks_defeat.html (2369 words)

	History of the Braddock District - Fairfax County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Besides his British troops, nearly 500 Virginians were with Braddock when he started on the march, but he did not care much for these, nor for the help of Indians.
		On July 9, 1755 General Braddock's army was met near Fort Duquesne by a party of Canadians and Indians under Captain Beaujeau.
		A legend tells of General Braddock's remains being buried (and, later discovered by road crews) in the middle of his road.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /braddock/general.htm (556 words)

	American Whiskey: A Visit to LaVale, Maryland, home of Braddock Maryland Rye Whiskey
		They produced a rye whiskey they called Braddock Rye (named for General Edward Braddock, who was killed in the French and Indian war after having become something of a local hero in Cumberland.
		Braddock Maryland Rye was advertised as “America’s Finest Whiskey.” Clark registered this brand name with the U.S. Government at least three times - in 1886, 1905 and 1916.
		Braddock Maryland Rye was sold as a four-year-old (four quarts for $4.50) an eight-year-old (four quarts for $5.50, with a premium “fl label” at $1.50 per quart) and also as Braddock Old Export Whiskey, Braddock Barley Malt, and Braddock "Blend of Whiskeys".
	www.ellenjaye.com /braddock.htm (554 words)

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