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The
Wounding of General Braddock by Robert Griffing
In the spring of 1755, General Edward Braddock moved
his army of 2000 north from Virginia towards Fort Duquesne. By July
9th the troops arrived at the Monongahela crossing, six weeks behind
schedule . Expecting an ambush to occur during the river crossing,
Braddock took precautions to see that all was secure before sending
the troops through the shallows. With the last man safe on the other
side, Braddock and his men moved forward into the forest canopy
with a renewed sense of confidence. Within the next few hours, their
confidence would be replaced by panic and terror. General Braddock
himself had four horses shot out from under him, he fell with the
fifth, mortally wounded. The battle was lost. Tattered remnants
of Braddock’s army fled back across the river. Braddock, badly bleeding,
was loaded with two other wounded officers and taken from the battle
ground, He died within days of the battle.
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