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On campaign against Fort Duquesne : the Braddock and Forbes Expeditions, 1755-1758, through the experiences of quartermaster Sir John St. Clair
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ISBN: 1476621136 Year: 2015 Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, England : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

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During the Seven Years' War, Sir John St. Clair served as Deputy Quartermaster General with British General Edward Braddock's disastrous campaign to capture Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio in 1755. St. Clair had great responsibilities during the campaign and was the first Deputy Quartermaster General in North America's history. History has laid a litany of blame at Braddock's feet: he was old, slow, logistically naive, a martinet poorly versed in tactics, uninterested in his soldiers' welfare and unwilling to cooperate with the colonists. Based on a new transcription of St. Clair's corr

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