British Defeat of the French in Pennsylvania, 1758

Douglas R. Cubbison is a military historian and curator with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He writes about social, military and American history.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction      ONE • “A lion heart of courage”: The Appointment of Brigadier General John Forbes to Command the Expedition      TWO • “A gathering from the scum of the worst of people, in every Country”: The Organization and Leadership of the Forbes Campaign      THREE • “By which I shall have a constant Supply”: Forbes Plans a Campaign      FOUR • “It is now time to form our Magazines”: Forbes’s First Parallel Advances to the Foot of Allegheny Mountain      FIVE • Allegheny Mountain Becomes Forbes’s Rubicon: Forbes Chooses His Route      SIX • “The Waggons have been the plague of my life”: Forbes’s Second Parallel Crosses Allegheny Mountain      SEVEN • “My heart is broke”: Grant’s Defeat      EIGHT • “Immediately a regular Attack Insued”: French Resurgence at Loyalhanna      NINE • “Colonel Washington did not discover his usual activity and presence of mind”: Combat, Fratricide and a Prisoner at Loyalhanna      TEN • “I will sleep in Fort Duquesne or in hell tonight”: The Final Movement to Fort Duquesne and the Occupation of the Forks of the Ohio      ELEVEN • “A willing sacrifice ... to King & Country”: Conclusions      Appendix A: A Compilation of Indian Trade Goods Presented to the Cherokee and Catawba Warriors During the Forbes Campaign, 1758      Appendix B: List of Ordnance Supplies on the Forbes Campaign      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index