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Guns at the Forks
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Guns at the Forks is a special reissue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. In a spirited, intelligent, and informative history, O'Meara tells the story of five successive forts, particularly Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, and the dramatic part they played in the war between 1750 and 1760. He describes Washington's capitulation at Fort Necessity, Braddock's defeat at the Monongahela, and Forbes's successful campaign to retake Fort Duquesne. Although most of the action in the book takes place at the strategically important forks of the Ohio, where present-day Pittsburgh stands, O'Meara's narrative relates the two forts to the larger story of the French and Indian War and elucidates their roles in sparking a global conflict that altered the course of world events and decided the fate of empires.
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INDEX
Abercromby, Gen. James, 118
Forbes’ campaign and, 185, 193, 197
“Abstract of Dispatches from Canada,” 160
Albany Convention, 47
Alcide, 113
Alcohol
Half King's bribe, 34
provisions, 120
wines, 4
Aliquippa, Queen of the Senecas, 89
Allen (British officer), 112
Allouez, Claude Jean, 9
American Civil War, 152
American Revolution, 250
Amherst, Gen. Jeffery, 185, 193, 226
letters to, 240, 244
Pontiac's uprising and, 232–35
Armstrong, Lieut.-Col. John, 174
Armstrong, Maj. George, 194
Artillery
Braddock's, 127–29, 132, 148
at Ft. Duquesne, 70–71, 117
at Ft. Pitt, 248
swivel guns, 92n
Aubry, Capt. Charles, 192, 205, 215, 217
Baby, Antoine, 141
Baby, Jacques Duperont, 141
Bailleul, de (French officer), 100
Baker, Lieut. James, 175
Barnsley, Lieut. Thomas, 84
Bateaux, defined, 23
Beaujeu, Capt. Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie Lienard de, 135, 137
character of, 137, 141
corpse of, 150n
death of, 144
as expedition leader, 141–44
Belle-Isle, Maréchal, 179, 203
Bellestre, Marie-François Picote, Sieur de, 54
Bigot, François, 19, 21, 104
graft taken by, 24
Blane, Capt. Archibald, 201, 202, 235
Boishebert, Lieut. Charles-Dechamps de, 19–20
Bonga, 24n
Boone, Daniel, 126, 148
Boscawen, Edward, 113
Bougainville, Col., 161
Bouquet, Col. Henry, 175–76, 178, 205, 227, 233–48
Amherst and, 233–35, 240
at Bushy Run, 236–44
as field commander,...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Book I - “Drive from the Beautiful River. . .”
- Book II - The Race to the Forks
- Book III - Fort Duquesne of the Blessed Virgin at the Beautiful River
- Book IV - Round One: Washington
- Book V - Round Two: Braddock
- Book VI - Blood on the Moon
- Book VII - Round Three: Forbes and Bouquet
- Book VIII - Fort Pitt
- Epilogue
- Maps
- Bibliography
- Index