LEADER 04345nam 2200661 450 001 9910460761103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-021911-4 010 $a0-19-984533-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000411282 035 $a(EBL)2048514 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001481483 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11842003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481483 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11522594 035 $a(PQKB)11218214 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2048514 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2048514 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11052895 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL783141 035 $a(OCoLC)908685949 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000411282 100 $a20150523h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBraddock's Defeat $ethe Battle of the Monongahela and the road to revolution /$fDavid L. Preston 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (481 p.) 225 1 $aPivotal Moments in American History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-065851-7 311 $a0-19-984532-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 1755 327 $aChapter 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 Defeat 327 $aAPPENDIX 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 G 327 $aBIBLIOGRAPHY; MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS; CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS; SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEX 330 $aOn July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country. Known as the Battle of the Monongahela, the loss altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, escalating the fighting and shifting the balance of power. An unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, Monongahela shocked the colonial world--and also planted the first seeds of an independent American consciousness. The culmination of a failed attempt to capture F 410 0$aPivotal moments in American history. 606 $aMonongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755 606 $aBraddock's Campaign, 1775 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCauses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMonongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755. 615 0$aBraddock's Campaign, 1775. 676 $a973.3/31 700 $aPreston$b David L$g(David Lee),$f1972-$0853297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460761103321 996 $aBraddock's Defeat$91905292 997 $aUNINA