Fort Cumberland, Global War in the Applachians

by Patrick Stakem

Overview

This book tells the story of a struggle of three empires: the British, the French, and the Iroquois.

Key Players included George Washington, General Edward Braddock, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Cresap, Thomas Dagworthy, King George of England, the Maryland Militia, the Virginia Militia, the British 44th and 48th Regiments of Foot, and the Ohio Company.

An extensive bibliography is included.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148830849
Publisher:	PRRB Publishing
Publication date:	10/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	29
File size:	69 KB

About the Author

Mr. Stakem is the Historian, Western Maryland Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Cumberland, MD, and a member of the Mt. Savage Historical Society, Council of the Alleghenies, Preservation Society of Allegany County (MD), C&O Canal Historical Society, Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association (WV), Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., Western Maryland Railway Historical Society (Union Bridge, MD).
He has degrees in Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science.
He teaches for Loyola University in Maryland, Graduate Department of Computer Science, and for the Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering. He has worked with numerous NASA Centers and space missions since 1971.

The author was born & raised in Cumberland, and his bedroom window overlooked the site of Fort Cumberland. He has yet to locate Braddock’s lost gold.