Braddock’s Campaign
The third workshop in the Bridgeville Area Historical Society’s series dedicated to George Washington’s seven visits to Western Pennsylvania focused on General Edward Braddock’s campaign against Fort DuQuesne in 1755. The previous workshop had left Washington back in civilian life in October 1754. After the Fort Necessity disaster, Governor Dinwiddie had decided to disband the Virginia Regiment and replace it with ten independent companies. When he offered Colonel Washington a captaincy commanding one of the companies, our future president chose to end his military career by resigning his commission. However, events in England would soon lead him to reverse this…