Braddock Expedition

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   Alexandria, Virginia (Founders Park)

   Trip's starting point at King Street and the Potomac River · Former Alexandria port area
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   Carlyle House

   Braddock's headquarters in Alexandria · Site of meeting with five colonial governors
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   Old Fairfax Courthouse (Tysons Corner)

   First night's camp for the 44th regiment · Area now heavily developed suburbs
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   Coleman's Ordinary

   Named waypoint between Fairfax Courthouse and Leesburg segment
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   Mr. Minor's Inn

   Named waypoint on the route toward Leesburg
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   Leesburg, Virginia

   Route splits into two groups here (via Waterford vs Dry Mill Road) · Groups rejoin at Charles Town Pike
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   Waterford, Virginia

   Historic village on Halkett's route · Old Waterford Road follows the 1755 road path
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   Braddock Oak site (Old Wheatland Road)

   Marked a historic way stop for troops · Tree fell after a 1972 tropical storm
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   Keyes' Ford (Shenandoah River crossing)

   Possible site where troops ferried across the Shenandoah River
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    Charles Town, West Virginia

    Army camped nearby at the Gershom Keyes plantation after the river crossing
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    Middleway, West Virginia

    Point where the 44th and 48th regiments reunited
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    Brucetown, West Virginia

    Army camped at Widow Littler's Tavern · Crossing point of the Opequon at Abril's Ford nearby
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    Forks of the Cacapon

    Virginia/West Virginia state line crossing nearby · Site of a fort built after Braddock's defeat · Optional detour to Bloomery iron furnace
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    Fort Cumberland (Cumberland, Maryland)

    Final staging point where both regiments united before marching west · Troops ferried the Potomac near Thomas Cresap's farm beforehand
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    Frostburg, Maryland

    Route crosses Great Savage Mountain before reaching town
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    Uniontown, Pennsylvania

    Reached via US 40, the National Highway
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    Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

    Reached via US 119
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    Greensburg, Pennsylvania

    Reached via US 119
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    Duquesne, Pennsylvania

    Reached via Lincoln Highway (US 30) and Duquesne Blvd
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    Braddock's Field / Battlefield (Monongahela River)

    Site of the Battle of the Monongahela, July 9 1755 · Crossed via the Rankin bridge and Braddock Avenue
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    Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh)

    Expedition's ultimate objective, never captured · End point of the itinerary

• Historic National Road - Maryland
• Historic National Road - Pennsylvania

Lookouts along this trip

Scenic overlooks on the official byways this route runs along, in drive order. Each byway’s own page carries its full list.

Named places along this route

Typed places from the atlas within thirty miles of this trip, measured to its own snapped line. Each one traces to its source record, and each one lists the byways near it in return.