Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:01 PM 7/1/02 EDT, SthRosner@aol.com wrote: >Nah, Andrew, freelancing on the battlefield don't work. Even George >Washington himself knew that on his foray to Fort Pitt in 1757. Seth Are you referring to a) Washington's expedition of 1754 to what was then north-western Virginia (today, western Pennsylviania), in the course of which he ambushed and killed Jumonville, starting the Seven Years' War, and fell back on a location at Fort Necessity which led to his surrender on 4 JUL 54? b) Braddock's expedition of 1755 against Fort Duquesne, which Washington accompanied as an aide-de-camp and which resulted in the ambush and defeat of Braddock's troops, and Braddock's death, on Fraser's Plantation at Turtle Creek on the Monongahela River? c) The Forbes Expedition of 1759 which liberated Fort Duquesne and constructed, in its stead, built Fort Pitt? Washington was not along on that jaunt. (One of my fourth-great grandfathers was at all of these events, being the sutler at Fort Necessity, the Chief of Scouts to Braddock, and the Chief Teamster to Forbes. It is a bit embarrassing to recount that Braddock's Defeat occurred on Fraser's own land and him being the Chief Scout and all.) Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html