The following are a few selections from my books that tell the story of
General Braddock's march through Pennsylvania on his way to Fort Duquesne but
in actuality to a massacre and complete debacle for the British. Please note the spelling, punctuation, and grammar are theirs, not mine.
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A letter in which Braddock talks of his plans, including the great amount of baggage he expects to take along and the foreseen problems feeding the animals; discussions with Shirley about Sir William Johnson, and much more about plans against French encroachments.
An interesting side-fact that Braddock must dismiss some of wives of his soldiers and send them into Shirley's care, naming each woman. Apparantly, even after this, there was perhaps a couple of dozen women on the march.
From Sir John St. Clair (pronounced sinclair) describing what has occurred in initial road-building, and plans for moving all his people across the Allegheny mountains of PA.
A long and sometimes rambling letter full of back-biting and derogitory statements about the expedition and certain people in particular (possibly all true, but we will never know!). Throughout are great descriptions about what happened during the campaign which are not mentioned elsewhere. It's long, but I encourage you to stick with it.
The complete retelling by Francis Parkman including some (but not all) of the details in the above stories. This section from Montcalm and Wolfe contains my most favorite passage of his, which I've quoted elsewhere on this website.
The following are a few selections from my books that tell the story of
General Braddock's march through Pennsylvania on his way to Fort Duquesne but
in actuality to a massacre and complete debacle for the British. Please note the spelling, punctuation, and grammar are theirs, not mine. 