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Burial of General Braddock

Burial of General Braddock
In 1755 British General Edward Braddock and his troops were ambushed while on an expedition to drive the French from Fort Duquesne, near the Ohio River. Braddock was mortally wounded. This etching depicts his burial by George Washington, then a Braddock aide.
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