In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock and twoarmy regiments set out from Alexandria with the objective of capturing FortDuquesne, near present-day Pittsburgh. To transport their sizable train of artilleryand wagons, they first had to build a roadacross the rugged Appalachian Mountains. It was almost 289 treacherous milesfrom Alexandria, Virginia, by way of Fort Cumberland in Maryland and on to theFrench fort; the road they built was one of the most impressivemilitary engineering accomplishments of the eighteenth century. HistorianNorman L. Baker chronicles the construction of the road and creates thedefinitive mapping of even those sections once thought lost. Join Baker as hecharts the history of Braddock's Road until the ultimate catastrophic collisionwith the combined French and Indian forces.
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