Braddock’s Road

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MPN9781626191143
Item Length9in
Item Height0.3in
Item Width6in
AuthorNorman L. Baker
FormatTrade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
PublisherArcadia Publishing
Publication Year2013
GenrePhotography
Item Weight11.9 Oz
Number Of Pages192 Pages

Braddock's Road In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock and two army regiments set out from Alexandria with the objective of capturing Fort Duquesne, near present-day Pittsburgh.To transport their sizable train of artillery and wagons, they first had to build a road across the rugged Appalachian Mountains. It was almost 289 treacherous miles from Alexandria, Virginia, by way of Fort Cumberland in Maryland and on to the French fort; the road they built was one of the most impressive military engineering accomplishments of the eighteenth century. Historian Norman L. Baker chronicles the construction of the road and creates the definitive mapping of those sections once thought lost. Join Baker as he charts the history of Braddock's Road until the ultimate catastrophic collision with the combined French and Indian forces.

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