04311nam 2200649 450 991082191560332120230807215451.00-19-021911-40-19-984533-6(CKB)3710000000411282(EBL)2048514(SSID)ssj0001481483(PQKBManifestationID)11842003(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481483(PQKBWorkID)11522594(PQKB)11218214(MiAaPQ)EBC2048514(Au-PeEL)EBL2048514(CaPaEBR)ebr11052895(CaONFJC)MIL783141(OCoLC)908685949(EXLCZ)99371000000041128220150523h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBraddock's Defeat the Battle of the Monongahela and the road to revolution /David L. PrestonNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (481 p.)Pivotal Moments in American HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-065851-7 0-19-984532-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PHOTO INSERT; EDITOR'S NOTE; Introduction: Remembering Braddock's Defeat; Chapter 1: Paths to the Monongahela; Chapter 2: Braddock Americanus: The General and His Army inIreland and America; Chapter 3: Confrontations: Braddock's Army, Colonial America, and the British Empire; Chapter 4: Beaujeu's Voyage: French and Indian Forces Converge at Fort Duquesne, April-July 1755Chapter 5: Braddock's March: Conquering the Allegheny Mountains, May 29-July 8, 1755; Chapter 6: The Battle of the Monongahela; Chapter 7: Consequences; EPILOGUE: Legacies of the Monongahela; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX A: Order of Battle, Braddock's Defeat, July 9, 1755; FRENCH AND INDIAN FORCES; BRITISH FORCES; GENERAL BRADDOCK'S COLUMN ON JULY 9, 1755; 2ND BRIGADE AT DUNBAR'S CAMP; DETACHED SERVICE IN PENNSYLVANIA (BURD'S ROAD); DETACHED SERVICE IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA; APPENDIX B: British Officers at Braddock's DefeatAPPENDIX C: French Officers and Cadets at the Battle of the MonongahelaAPPENDIX D: Casualties at Braddock's Defeat; BRITISH CASUALTIES; FRENCH AND INDIAN CASUALTIES; APPENDIX E: An Ohio Iroquois Warrior's Accountof the Jumonville Affair, 1754; APPENDIX F: French Account of Beaujeuat the Monongahela; APPENDIX G: Midshipman Thomas Gill, Royal Navy: Author of the "Seaman's Journal"; APPENDIX H: Historic Sites Relating to Braddock's Expedition; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; EDITOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX GBIBLIOGRAPHY; MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS; CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS; SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEXOn July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country. Known as the Battle of the Monongahela, the loss altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, escalating the fighting and shifting the balance of power. An unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, Monongahela shocked the colonial world--and also planted the first seeds of an independent American consciousness. The culmination of a failed attempt to capture FPivotal moments in American history.Monongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755Braddock's Campaign, 1775United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CausesMonongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755.Braddock's Campaign, 1775.973.3/31Preston David L(David Lee),1972-853297MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821915603321Braddock's Defeat4085427UNINA