Robert Stewart and Braddock's Sash
Once Braddock was taken off The Sash and buried,
Washington packed the sash on his horse going home.
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But another article gives credit to Captain Robert Stewart.
“In 1755, he was appointed Captain Comandant of a troop of light horse, which he also raised, at a very heavy expense, with unusual despatch.”
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“At the battle of Monongahela, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart had the honour to remount General Braddock four times; and after the General had received a mortal wound, and the debris of the army had retreated, he had the good fortune, assisted only by four private men of his own troop, under a heavy fire, to carry His Majesty’s Command in Chief off the field of battle; and thereby, rescuing his person, from the barbarous insults of a cruel and savage enemy. “
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The source and title of this piece:
“The case of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart : a captain in a regiment, raised by the King’s orders, in Virginia.”
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Side note on the confusion about Robert Stewart’s rank is supplied in this link.
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Compiled by Jim Moyer, first researched Sept 2015 through Oct 2015, updates 7/11/2016, 10/15/2016, 7/7/2017, 6/2/2019
backdated it 7/9/2019, updated 9/23/2023
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