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-[[Image:Braddock.gif|thumb|200px|General Edward Braddock]]
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-General '''Edward Braddock''' (January 1695 &ndash; [[July 13]], [[1755]]) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the [[French and Indian War]] (1754–1763).
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-Braddock was born in [[Perthshire, Scotland|Perthshire]], [[Scotland]] circa 1695. His father, Major-General Edward Braddock, died in 1725. His military career started with the [[Coldstream Guards]] in 1710. In 1747 as a lieutenant-colonel he served under the Prince of [[William IV of Orange|Orange]] in [[Netherlands|Holland]] during the siege of [[Bergen op Zoom]]. In 1753 he was given the colonelcy of the 14th (Buckinghamshire) Prince of Wales Own Regiment of foot (now known as the [[West Yorkshire Regiment]]), and in 1754 he became a major-general.
-Appointed shortly afterwards to command against the [[French and Indian War|French]] in [[North America|America]], he landed in [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] on [[February 19]], [[1755]] with two regiments of British regulars. He met with several of the colonial governors at the [[Congress of Alexandria]] on [[April 14]] and was persuaded to undertake vigorous actions against the French. He planned four separate initiatives; Governor [[William Shirley|Shirley]] of Massachusetts would attack at [[Fort Niagara]], General [[William Johnson (1715-1774)|Johnson]] at [[Fort Crown Point|Crown Point]], Colonel [[Robert Monckton|Monckton]] at [[Battle of Fort Beausejour|Fort Beausejour]] on the [[Bay of Fundy]]. He would lead an [[Braddock Expedition|Expedition]] against [[Fort Duquesne]] at the Forks of the [[Ohio River|Ohio]].
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-[[Image:Braddocksgrave.jpg|thumb|250px|General Braddock's burial near [[Great Meadows]], [[Pennsylvania]]]]
-After some months of preparation, in which he was hampered by administrative confusion and want of resources, the [[Braddock expedition]] took the field with a picked column, in which [[George Washington]] served as a volunteer officer. The column crossed the [[Monongahela River]] on [[July 9]], [[1755]], and almost immediately afterwards encountered an Indian and French force. Braddock's troops were completely surprised and routed, and Braddock, rallying his men time after time, fell at last, mortally wounded by a shot through the right arm and into his lung.
-Braddock was carried off the field by Washington and another officer, and died on [[July 13]], [[1755]], just four days after the battle. Before he died Braddock left Washington his ceremonial sash that he wore with his battle uniform. Reportedly, Washington never went anywhere without this sash for the rest of his life, be it as the Commander of the Colonial Army or with his presidential duties.
-He was buried just west of [[Great Meadows]], where the remnants of the column halted on its retreat to reorganize.  Braddock was buried in the middle of the road and wagons were rolled over top of the grave site to prevent his body from being discovered and desecrated.  George Washington presided at the burial service, as the chaplain had been severely wounded.
-==Legacy==
-*[[Benjamin Franklin]]'s ''[[The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin|Autobiography]]'' (1791) includes an account of helping General Braddock garner supplies and carriages for the general's troops.  He also describes a conversation with Braddock in which he explicitly warned the General that his plan to march troops to the fort through a narrow valley would be dangerous because of the possibility of an ambush.
-*In 1804, human remains believed to be Braddock's were discovered buried in the [[National Road|roadway]] about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Great Meadows by a crew of road workers.  The remains were exhumed and reburied.
-*A marble monument was erected over the new grave site in 1913.
-[[Image:BraddocksGrave.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The grave of General Edward Braddock.]]
-*General Braddock is the namesake of [[Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Braddock, Pennsylvania]].
-==Sources==
-* [http://www.nps.gov/fone/braddock.htm Fort Necessity National Battlefield]
-* [http://www.nndb.com/people/077/000049927/ NNDB]
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