Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-12-04
Tsraddock's Defeat--His Sash.

ry of Western Virginia, we cut the fol-
lowing interesting account of Gen. Brad
dock, and some incidents connected with
his death:
The defeat of Braddock in this bat
tie, as is well known, was his neglect of
the usual Indian methods of warfare
He appears to have been a daring, un-
doubtedly courageous officer, of the old
"blood and thunder" school; but his sac
rifce of the lives of his men and officers
was fearful Mr.. De Haas maintains, as
an unquestionable point of history, that
he fell by shot from one ofhis own men.
His memoranda of events are striking
'In the ranks of Braddock were two
brothers Joseph and Thomas Faucet, or
FdmcGt; the first commissioned and the
other non-commissioned officer. One
of them, (Tom Faucett,) Hon. Andrew
Stewart, of Uniontown, says he knew very
well, and often conversed with him about
early times 'He did not hesitate to own,
in the presence of his friends, that he
shot Braddock.' The circumstances were
briefly these:
Regardless of Gen, Braddock's posi-
tive and foolish orders, that the troops
should not protect themselves behind
trees, Joseph Faucet had so posted him.
self, which Braddock discovering, rode
, up and struck him down with his sword.
Tom Faucet, who stood but short dis
tance from his brother, saw the whole
transaction, immediately drew up his RI
fe and shot him through the body
This as be afterwards said, was partly
out of revenge for Gen. BIS assault upon
his brother, and partly to get the Gener-
al out of the way, aud thus save the rem
nant of the army.
"In addition to the above, we may
give the statement Of a correspondent of
the National LneAzigencer, who seems to
have been familiar with the facts. when
my father was. removing with his family
to the West one of the Faucets kept a
public house to the eastward from and
near where Uniontown now stands. At
this mans house we lodged, about the
10th Of November, 1871, twenty-six years
and some monts after Braddock's defeat;
and then it was made anything but a Sc
cret, that one Of the family dealt the death
blow to the british General. Thirteen
years afterwards / met Tom Faucett, then
as he told me, in the 10th year. To him
[ put the plain question, and received the
plain reply, | did shoot him. [ never
heard the fact doubted or blamed, that
Faucet killed Braddock."
Z" Mr. Watson (Annal of the Olden
Time, vol. 1. PIP. 14l82,) says, that in
1888, he met VIM. Butler, a pivate in
the Pennsylvania Greens, at the defeat
of Braddock. | asked him particularly
who killed Braddock ? and he an
swered promptly, one Faucet, brother
of one whom Braddock had killed in a
passion"
" In 1929, Butler saw Faucet near
Carlisle where he had gone on visit
to his daughter. The Millerstown tPer-
ry CO., Pa.) Gazette 1880, speaks of But
Ter being there, and in company with an
aged soldier in the town, who had been
in Braddock's defeat, and that both con-
CURED in saying that Braddock had been
shot by Faucett
A minister of the NJ E. Church, wri-
ting to the Christian Advocate, says =
'The old man died at the age of la
years, in 1888, who killed Braddock'
"The Newburyport Herald, Of 1882,
declares its acquaintance with Daniel
Adams an old soldier of that place, aged
/ 90, who confirmed the shooting of Brad
: dock by one of his own men.
"Braddock wore coat of mail in front,
which turned balls fred in front but he
was shot in the back, and the ball was
found stopped in front by the coat OF
: mail. The venerable William Darby OF
Washington city, has recently stated to
the author that during his early days,
he never heard it doubted that Faucet had
killed Braddock. 1t seems generally
conceded fact, and those Of the settlers
were disposed to applaud the act.
At the fall of Braddock, Washington
with Capt. Stuart of the Virginia Guards,
> hastened to his relief, and bore him from
the field of his inglorious defeat, in the
sash which had decorated his person"
The sash here alluded to, has another
recent and melancholy interest. 1t pas.
s sed, in military consequence, into the
hands of Gen. Taylor. The curious his
tory is thus preserved by Mr.. De Haas
The identical sash worn by Brad
dock at the time of his defeat, and in
which he was borne from the field bleed.
ing and dying, recently passed into the
: hands of one of Americas greatest and
most successful generals.
1t appears that the sash referred to
some years since became the property Of
gentleman at New Orleans.
After the brilliant achievements Oh