The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-30


invest the fort before morning,
been actually made 10 him, he
would in all probability have
frOwned it down. AS in all prob
ability it would have been crown
ed with success, it is well tor the
Generals reputation that the
suggestion miscarrled. w h a t
steps of precaution which his ed
ucation and capacity could sug-
gest, were here taken by Brad
dock.
Before 3 O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 9th, Gage was sent
forth with a select band to secure
both crossings of the river. and
to hold the further shore of the
second ford until the rest of the
army should come up. AT 4
O'Clock st. Clair with a working
party, followed tOmake the roads
At 6 A. NJ, the General set out,
and having advantageOusly post
ed about 400 men upon the ada
cent hill, made haste with all the
wagons and baggage to the first
crossing of the Monongahela.
marching them in order of battle,
towards the second, he received
intelligence that Gage had occu-
pied the shore according to orders
and that the route was clear. The
only foe he had seen was "a score
of savages, who mad fled without
awaiting his apprO lch. By IL
o'clock the army had reached the
second ford, but it was not until
after l O'clock that the declivities
OF the banks were made ready for
the artillery d wagons, and the
whole army, a little before 2
o'clock, was safely passed over.
A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
Not donbting but that from
some point on the stream, the
enemy's scouts were observing
his operations, BraddOck resolved
to strongly impress them with the
numbers and condition of his
forces, and accordingly b Q
troops were ordered to appear as
for a dress parade. In after life,
Washington was accustomed to
observe that he had never seen
elsewhere So brautiful a sight as
was exhibited during the passage
of the Monongahela. Every man
was attired in his best unifOrm;
the furnished arms, bright as
silver in the glittering rays of the
monday sun, as with colors way
ing above their heads, and amid
inspiring bursts Of martial music,
the steady files, with disciplined
precision, and glittering in scar
let and gold. advanced to their
position
A Judge Yates, who visited the
battlefield in 1916, gives the fol
lowing vivid review: "My feel
ings were heightened by the
warm and glorious narration of
the days events by DR.. Walker,
an eye witness, HO pointed out
the ford where the army crossed
the Monongahela, (below Turtle
Creek 50 yards). A finer sight
could not have been beheld, the
shining barrels of the muskets,
the excellent order of the men,
| the Gle ,nliness of their apparel,
the joy depicted upon every face
at hclng 80 near Fort DuQuesne
The nigHeSt object of their
wishes fine music rec C b g d
througu thc mou aims. How beau
tiluI the morning; how melan-
chOly the evening"
While the rear was Yet on the
other side. and the van was
falling nt0 It's ordained course,
l5he bulk of the army was drawn
up Ia battle array on the western
shore. near the spot where one
john Frazier. a blacksmsth in the
interest OF the English, had
lately had his home. This John
Frazier was the great grand
father of the late Daniel Frazier,
Of Finksburg, Carroll County,
Md, who married the writer's
aunt = Prudence Ann Brown
Shipley, who was a relative of
the wife of the late George Pat
terson, of "Springfeld,' Carroll
County. The late Daniel Frazier
was born in SOLDIERS Delight"
Baltimore County, and was con.
nected with the old Porter. Clark,
GOsnell and Shipley families of
that region.
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BATTLE
FIELD.
Two or three hundred yards
above the spot where Frazier's
cabin stood, was the mouth of
Turtle Creek, which flowing in
sOuthwesterly course towards the
Monongahela, that here has a
nOrthwesterly direction, EN-
braces, in an obtuse angle of
about 100 degrees, the very spot
where the brunt of battle was to
hn hnrna Tho coann l.. familiar