CUMBERLAND, FORT
\kˈʌmbələnd], \kˈʌmbələnd], \k_ˈʌ_m_b_ə_l_ə_n_d]\
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This fort was erected in Maryland at the instance of General Braddock in 1755 during his fatal expedition against the French Fort Duquesne. Colonel James Innes was left in command with a small force and thither Braddock's forces fled after their defeat by the French and Indians. Colonel Washington afterward commanded the fort, to protect the settlers from Indian raids-In 1755, Fort Beausejour on the Maine frontier, which had been built by the French in 1754, was captured by English troops and the name changed to Fort Cumberland.
By John Franklin Jameson
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