Braddock's Road: Mapping the British Expedition from Alexandria to the Monongahela (Military)

In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock and two
army regiments set out from Alexandria with the objective of capturing Fort
Duquesne, near present-day Pittsburgh. To transport their sizable train of artillery
and wagons, they first had to build a road
across the rugged Appalachian Mountains. It was almost 289 treacherous miles
from Alexandria, Virginia, by way of Fort Cumberland in Maryland and on to the
French fort; the road they built was one of the most impressive
military engineering accomplishments of the eighteenth century. Historian
Norman L. Baker chronicles the construction of the road and creates the
definitive mapping of even those sections once thought lost. Join Baker as he
charts the history of Braddock€s Road until the ultimate catastrophic collision
with the combined French and Indian forces.