Author: John ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Letters of General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition Against Fort Duquesne in 1758
Author: John ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Letters of General John Forbes
Author: John ForbesPublisher: Metalmark
ISBN: 9780271027555
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This volume is made up of the letters of British general John Forbes, who led the campaign against Fort Duquesne, a pivotal episode in the French and Indian War. Primarily from the year 1758, the letters, to William Pitt, Governor Denny of Pennsylvania, General Sharpe of Maryland, and others, offer readers a firsthand glimpse of the campaign, from the preparation through the expedition to Fort Duquesne and the eventual British capture of the fort, where Pittsburgh now stands. The correspondence is accompanied by various related letters between other key players in the expedition.
Letters of General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition Against Fort Duquesne
Author: Gen John ForbesPublisher: Westphalia Press
ISBN: 9781633913769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
General John Forbes (1707-1759) was a British Army officer most known for serving during the French and Indian War. The letters contained in this volume are from the Forbes Expedition he led, which was ultimately successful in capturing the French-held Fort Duquesne. The fort was established in 1754, located in what is Pittsburgh today. Ultimately, Fort Du Quesne (as it was originally known) would be destroyed by the British and replaced by Fort Pitt. The site was a highly trafficked trading post and in a strategic location, which resulted in it being constantly under attack. The Forbes Expedition took place in 1758, with the goal of capturing the fort. Forbes led somewhere between 6,000-8,000 soldiers, but had difficulty as he was quite ill with dysentery, so he relied on Lt. Col. Henry Boquet, his second in command. It was a very slow moving process, since the army had to construct roads and traverse the Allegheny Front. This inclusive collection of letters highlights military, medical and other facets of an important episode in American history. The new edition is dedicated to James Denton, enthusiast for American history and publisher of note.
Letters of General Forbes Relating to the Expedition Against Fort Duquesne
Author: John ForbesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Braddock's Defeat
Author: David Lee PrestonPublisher: Pivotal Moments in American Hi
ISBN: 0199845328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
On 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 Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock's Defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history. While the defeat is often blamed on blundering and arrogance on the part of General Braddock--who was wounded in battle and died the next day--David Preston's gripping new work argues that such a claim diminishes the victory that Indian and French forces won by their superior discipline and leadership. In fact, the French Canadian officer Captain Beaujeu had greater tactical skill, reconnaissance, and execution, and his Indian allies were the most effective and disciplined troops on the field. Preston also explores the long shadow cast by Braddock's Defeat over the 18th century and the American Revolution two decades later. The campaign had been an awakening to empire for many British Americans, spawning ideas of American identity and anticipating many of the political and social divisions that would erupt with the outbreak of the Revolution. Braddock's Defeat was the defining generational experience for many British and American officers, including Thomas Gage, Horatio Gates, and perhaps most significantly, George Washington. A rich battle history driven by a gripping narrative and an abundance of new evidence,Braddock's Defeat presents the fullest account yet of this defining moment in early American history.
Letters of General John Forbes
Author: Irene StewartPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027104506X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Letters of General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition Agains Fort Duquesne in 1758
Author: John ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock
Author: Winthrop SargentPublisher:
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Category : Braddock's Campaign, 1755
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne.
The Olden Time
Author: Neville B. CraigPublisher:
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Breaking The Backcountry
Author: Matthew C. WardPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822972735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Even as the 250th anniversary of its outbreak approaches, the Seven Years' War (otherwise known as the French and Indian War) is still not wholly understood. Most accounts tell the story as a military struggle between British and French forces, with shifting alliances of Indians, culminating in the British conquest of Canada. Scholarly and popular works alike, including James Fennimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans, focus on the action in the Hudson River Valley and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Matthew C. Ward tells the compelling story of the war from the point of view of the region where it actually began, and whose people felt the devastating effects of war most keenly-the backcountry communities of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Previous wars in North America had been fought largely on the New England and New York frontiers. But on May 28, 1754, when a young George Washington commanded the first shot fired in western Pennsylvania, fighting spread for the first time to Virginia and Pennsylvania. Ward's original research reveals that on the eve of the Seven Years' War the communities of these colonies were isolated, economically weak, and culturally diverse. He shows in riveting detail how, despite the British empire's triumph, the war brought social chaos, sickness, hunger, punishment, and violence, to the backcountry, much of it at the hands of Indian warriors.Ward's fresh analysis reveals that Indian raids were not random skirmishes, but part of an organized strategy that included psychological warfare designed to make settlers flee Indian territories. It was the awesome effectiveness of this "guerilla" warfare, Ward argues, that led to the most enduring legacies of the war: Indian-hating and an armed population of colonial settlers, distrustful of the British empire that couldn't protect them. Understanding the horrors of the Seven Years' War as experienced in the backwoods thus provides unique insights into the origins of the American republic.