The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-12-04
Braddock's Defeat.


From an article in the Ny L.t.yar, iyo-75
reviewing De Haas History of Western virginia
we cut the following interesting G.,
Braddock, and some instances conneo,si ,rith
hi. death:
The great defeat of Bradioek in this battle = 5
! = f"es known, was his neglect OF the usual In
diam methods Of warfare. He appears to have
been daring, undoubtedly 4 courageous officer
Of the old blood and thunder school: but his
sacrifice Of the lives Of his men and officers, was
| fearful. DR.. De Haus maintains, as an unouea-
tionable point of history, that he fell by a SHOT
from ono OF his own men. His memorandas of
the event are striking;
In the ranks of Braddock we're two brothers.
, Joseph and Thomas Fausett, or Fa,rcett: the
lirst commissioned, and the other a non com
missiored officer. One Of them Tom Faussett)
Hon Andrew Stuart, OF Uniontown. saws he
knew very well, and often conver5ed with him
about early times.-'.H He did not hesitate to own
in the presence OF his friends that he shot Brad
dock" The circumstances were briefly these:
"ReglEI!ess Of Gen. Braddock's positive and
foolish orders, that the troops should not pro-
tect themselves behind trees, Joseph Fausett
had posted, which BraddUck DISCOVERING
rode up and struck him down with his sword
Tom Fausett, who saw the whole transaction,
and immediately drew up his rife and shot Linn
through the body. This, he afterwards said
was partly out Of revenge for Gen. BIS assault
upon his brother, and partly to get the general
out OF The way and save the remnant of the
army.
''ln addition to the above, We may give the
statement of correspondent Of the National
Intelligencer, who seems to have been familiar
with the facts -
when my father was removing with his fa-
mily to the West, one of the Fausetts kept
public house to the eastward, from, and
where Uniontown now stands. At this mans
house We lodged about the 10th of October, 81,
iwenty-siK years and few months after Brad
dooGs defeat; anu then II rss made auything
but secret, that one of the family dealt the
death blow Of the British General. 13 years
afterwards met Tom Fausett then, ss be told
me- in his 7yth year. To him l put the plain
question, and received the plain reply, 81 did
shoot atra!' / nevsr heard the fact doubted CT
blamed that aUsett killed Braddock.
mir Watson Annals Of the Olden Time vol.
/, pp. 1872 says, that in 1888, ne met Vim.
Butter, private IN the Pennsylvania Greens at
the defeat of Braddock. l asked him particu-
largy who killed Braddock? and he answered
promptly one Fa,ssea, brother of one whom
Braddock had killed in passion"
"In 1920, Butler saw Fausett near Carlisle,
whore ne had gone visit TO his daughter.
The MiIlerstown Perry Co, Pa Gazette of
1880, speaks of Butler being there, and in COM
paay with an aged soldier in that town, who
had been IN Braddock's defeat, and both con-
CURED in saying that Braddock had been shot
by Fausett." ..
"A Minister of the NJ f. Church, writing TO
the Christian Advocate says: The old man
died at the age of ia years, in 1921, who
killed Braddock.'
The Newburyport Herald, of 1872, declares
its acquaintance with Daniel Adams, an old
soldier of that place, aged 81, who confirmed
the shooting of Braddock by one of his own
men.
''Braddock wore coat of mail IN front, winch
turned balls 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
Barby, of Washington city, has recently stated
to the author, that during his early days, he
never heard it doubted that Fausett had killed
Braddock 1t seems a generally conceded fact,
aud most of the settlers were disposed TO ap-
plaud the act"