Battle of the Monongahela

Events

Alias: Braddock's Defeat | Battle of Braddock's Field | Battle of the Wilderness |
Date: 7/9/1755

The Battle of the Monongahela was one of the first major conflicts and victories for the Native-French alliance during the French and Indian War. It took place at the forks of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, near present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is said that a Potawatomi warrior dreamt and foresaw the battle. Using the dream as a battle plan, the French and Indian forces ambushed the British at dawn, defeating a young Virginia colonel named George Washington, and killing Major General Edward Braddock.

Citations

Clifton, James A. 1998. The Prairie People: Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965

Dixon, David. 2014. Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America

Edmunds, R. David. 1978. The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire

White, Richard. 2011. The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815