Braddock dies
General Braddock dies 8pm,
13 July 1755 from his wounds on 9 July 1755.
Sunset hits at 753pm, standard time. Dusk is coming.
There is still light as they dig his grave on the road they built, to be later trampled upon by whatever wagons and horses are left and trampled over by the soldiers, wounded like a 3 legged dog, to cover up the burial traces so the savages cannot dig him up to disgrace his body.
Darkness comes as proof of their plight.
Notice the crescent moon?
George Washington writes many years later . . .around 1787-1788 on the cusp of his 2nd term as President of a new country . . .
"Genl Braddock breathed his last. He was interred with the honors of war, and as it was left to G. W. to see this performed, & to mark out the spot for the reception of his remains—to guard against a savage triumph, if the place should be discovered—they were deposited in the Road over which the Army, Waggons &ca passed to hide every trace by which the entombment could be discovered. "
End quote.
Sources of 1788-1789 quote.
What does GW write of this 5 days after the burial, 18 July 1755?
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"Contrary to legend, there were no 12-pounder guns ever buried at Dunbar's Camp for those have been left behind at Winchester."
"Braddock's Defeat therefore became the story of Dunbar's Retreat. The general resigned the command shortly after the army's departure and his condition grew worse as the army descended Chestnut Ridge to their old camp one mile west of the Great Meadows. "
"Around 8pm, shortly after the army arrived at the Steep Bank camp, General Braddock died, 'much lamented by the whole Army,' according to a Royal Naval officcer. 'Who'd have thought it,' he was head to mutter, according to Robert Orme, who recounted it to Benjamin Franklin. 'We shall better know how to deal with them another time' were among the last things he said. Braddock's final moments stayed in Washington's memory thirty years later:
"Genl Braddock breathed his last. He was interred with the honors of war, and as it was left to G. W. to see this performed, & to mark out the spot for the reception of his remains—to guard against a savage triumph, if the place should be discovered—they were deposited in the Road over which the Army, Waggons &ca passed to hide every trace by which the entombment could be discovered. ""
Source:
Page 273
Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution (Pivotal Moments in American History) Paperback Reprint Edition by David Preston (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Braddocks-Defeat-Monongahela-Revolution-American/dp/0190658517
GW 2nd term election
Artist:
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
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