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Braddock Expedition
Part of the French and Indian War
Route of the Braddock Expedition
Date
May–July 1755
Location
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio Country
Result
French and Indian victory
Belligerents
France
New France
Native Americans
Great Britain
British America
Commanders and leaders
Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu † Jean-Daniel Dumas Charles de Langlade
Gen. Edward Braddock † Col. Peter Halkett † Capt. Robert Orme Colonel George Washington, formerly of the Virginia Regiment Capt. Thomas Gage
Strength
637 natives, 108 French marines 146 Canadian militia[1]
2,100 regular and provincials 10 cannon[1][2][3][need quotation to verify]
Casualties and losses
30 killed 57 wounded[1]
500+ killed[1] 450+ wounded[4]
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated
November 3, 1961[5]
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Seven Years' War in North America:The French and Indian War, Ohio Valley Theater
Jumonville Glen
Fort Necessity
Braddock Expedition
Monongahela
Penn's Creek
The Trough
Sideling Hill
Great Cacapon
Kittanning
Bloody Springs
Forbes Expedition
Fort Duquesne
Fort Ligonier
Map of Braddock's Military Road
The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or (more commonly) Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne (established in 1754, located in what is now downtown Pittsburgh) from the French in the summer of 1755, during the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763. The British troops suffered defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9, 1755, and the survivors retreated. The expedition takes its name from General Edward Braddock (1695–1755), who led the British forces and died in the effort. Braddock's defeat was a major setback for the British in the early stages of the war with France; John Mack Faragher characterises it as one of the most disastrous defeats for the British in the 18th century.[6]
^ abcdBorneman, Walter R. (2007). The French and Indian War. Rutgers. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-06-076185-1. French: 28 killed 28 wounded, Indian: 11 killed 29 wounded
^History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Duncan, Major Francis, London, 1879, Vol. 1, p. 58, Fifty Royal Artillerymen, 4 brass 12 pounders, 6 brass 6 pounders, 21 civil attendants, 10 servants and six "necessary women".
^John Mack Faragher, Daniel Boone, the Life and Legend of an American Pioneer, Henry Holt and Company LLC, 1992, ISBN 0-8050-3007-7, p. 38.
^Frank A. Cassell. "The Braddock Expedition of 1755: Catastrophe in the Wilderness". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
^"PHMC Historical Markers Search". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
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Faragher, John Mack (1993) [1992]. "Curiosity is Natural: 1734 to 1755". Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 38. ISBN 978-1429997065. Retrieved 18 March 2022. The Battle of the Monongahela [...] was one of the bloodiest and most disastrous British defeats of the eighteenth century.
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