The Braddock expedition, setting out from Fort…

May 1755 CE

The Braddock expedition, setting out from Fort Cumberland in Maryland on May 29, 1755, faces an enormous logistical challenge: moving a large body of men with equipment, provisions, and (most importantly for attacking the forts) heavy cannons, across the densely wooded Allegheny Mountains and into western Pennsylvania, a journey of about one hundred and ten miles (one hundred and eighty kilometers).

Braddock has received important assistance from Benjamin Franklin, who has helped procure wagons and supplies for the expedition.

Among the wagoners are two young men who will later become legends of American history: Daniel Boone and Daniel Morgan.

Other members of the expedition include Ensign William Crawford and Charles Scott.

Among the British are Thomas Gage; Charles Lee, future American president George Washington, and Horatio Gates.

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