Braddock's March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History

Crocker, Thomas E.

ISBN 10: 1594160961 ISBN 13: 9781594160967

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335 Pages Indexed. Light blue boards and black quarter-spine. Book is clean with a Demco polyfit vinyl cover protecting the dust jacket and the book. In January 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock's primary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duquesne and then march north into Canada. After landing in Alexandria, Virginia, and organizing his troops and supply chain, Braddock and his expedition began its nearly 250-mile trek, heroically cutting through uncharted wilderness, fording rivers, and scaling the Appalachian mountains, all while hauling baggage and heavy artillery. Braddock was joined on this epic mission by a young Virginia colonel, George Washington, and others who would later play major roles in the American Revolution, including Horatio Gates, Thomas Gage, and Charles Lee; among those driving the expedition's wagons were Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan. Having withstood the harsh frontier and finally marching upon Fort Duquesne on a hot July morning, Braddock's exhausted column was ambushed by a combined French and Indian force. Over two-thirds of Braddock's British and colonial troops were killed or wounded, including Braddock himself, struck by a bullet in the chest while attempting to rally his disoriented troops. George Washington miraculously escaped harm despite four bullet holes through his clothing. With this battle, North America became the greatest stake in the global war between France and Great Britain. Crocker tells the riveting story of one of the most important events in colonial America. Not only did Braddock's expedition have a profound impact on American political and military developments, this fateful march laid the foundation for the National Pike, the major road for westward expansion, launched the career of George Washington, and sowed the seeds of dissent between England and its colonies that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution.

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T�tulo: Braddock's March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History
Editor: Westholme Publishing, LLC, YArdley, Pennsylvania
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2009
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1594160961
ISBN 13: 9781594160967
Encuadernaci�n: Hard Back
Edici�n: Second Printing
Estado: Near Fine
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine

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In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock'sprimary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duquesne and then march north to the Canadian border. After landing in Alexandria, Virginia, Braddock organized his troops and supply chain, threatenedto billet soldiers in private homes, and called the first congress of royal governors in America to discuss using local revenue to pay for the expedition--issues that were to drive the future split between the colonies and Britain. In May, the expedition began its nearly 250-mile trek, heroically cutting through dense wilderness, fording rivers, and scaling mountains, while hauling heavy artillery and the first wheeled vehicles ever to cross the Appalachian Mountains. Braddock was joined on the expedition by a young Virginia colonel, George Washington, and others who would later play roles in the future revolution, including Horatio Gates, Thomas Gage, and Charles Lee; among those driving the wagons were Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan. Less than a day's march from Fort Duquesne, Braddock's exhausted column was annihilated by a combined French and Indian force, some of whom fired rifles--probably the first effective use of this weapon in battle. Over two thirds of Braddock's British and colonial troops suffered casualties more than in the Charge of the Light Brigade and Braddock himself fell mortally wounded, while George Washington miraculously escaped harm despite four bullet holes through his clothing. With this battle, North America at once started and was drawn into a global war between Britain and France. In Braddock's March: How the Man Sent to Seize a Continent Changed American History, Thomas E. Crocker uses a wealth of sources including newly discovered letters to tell the story of one of the most important events in the American colonial period. Not only did Braddock's expedition have a profound impact on American military and political developments, this fateful march opened the first major road for westward expansion, anointed anational hero in George Washington, and sowed the seeds for the American Revolution.

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Thomas Crocker is a successful partner in a law firm and amateur historian.

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