The following French and Indian War reading list was provided by retired Engineer Robert L. "Bob" Bantz. Mr. Bantz is highly respected in western Maryland for his long-term commitment to identifying, preserving, and using gps to map surviving portions of Braddock's Road, and for his long-term commitment to history education.
1. "History of Cumberland...": Will H. Lowdermilk, 1878 (25.3 MB).
2. "History of Western Maryland": (Volume 1, Volume 2) J. Thomas Scharf, 1882 (66.9 MB).
3. "History of Allegany County Maryland": James W. Thomas, T. J. C. Williams, 1923 (63.3 MB).
4. "Allegany County — A History": Stegmaier, Jr.; Dean; Kershaw; and Wiseman, 1976.
5. " The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne in 1755": Winthrop Sargent, 1856 (26.3 MB).
6. "Braddock at the Monongahela": Paul Kopperman, 1977.
7. "The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution-Braddock's Defeat" David Preston, 1972.
8. "Braddock's Road-Mapping the British Expedition...": Norman L. Baker, 2013.
9. "Braddock Road": John Kennedy Lacock, 1914 (1.7 MB) Click here for a website that has published the Braddock Road postcard series.
10. "On Campaign Against Fort Duquesne": Douglas R. Cubbison, 2015.
11. "Braddock Road Chronicles 1755": Andrew J. Wahll, 1999. Mr. Bantz considers this to be the best reference pertaining to the diaries of Braddock's march.
12. "Frontier Forts Along the Potomac and Its Tributaries": William Ansel, Jr., 1984.
13. "Maryland and The French and Indian War": Allan Powell, 1998.
14. "Cumberland-1787-1987": Joseph H. Weaver, 1987 (available at the Allegany College of Maryland library).
15. "The Old Pike": Thomas B. Searight, 1894.
16. "Struggle for a Continent — The French and Indian wars 1689-1763": Betsey Maestro, 2005 (HarperCollins). Mr. Bantz describes this as an excellent elementary school reference.
17. "Liberty or Death — The American Revolution 1763-1783": Betsey Maestro, 2005. (HarperCollins) Mr. Bantz describes this as an excellent elementary school reference.
18. Fort Edwards Foundation website.
19. Fort Necessity National Battlefield 19-minute French and Indian War DVD provides an excellent over-view of the war.
20. "The Crucible of War": Fred Anderson, 2000.
21. "Braddock's Defeat": Charles Hamilton, 1950.
22. "Colonial Records of the Upper Potomac" Volumes 3, 4, 5, and 6: William H. Rice, 2016.
23. "The Papers of Henry Bouquet": Stevens, Kent, and Leonard, 1951.
24. "Ohio Company of Virginia": Kenneth Bailey, 1939.
25. "Frontier Forts Along the Potomac and its Tributaries": William H. Ansel, 1984.
26. "Ill Starred General": Lee McCardell, 1958.
27. "Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution": David L. Preston, 2015.
28. "Fort Cumberland", Volumes 1 & 2: Lannie Dietle, 2019.
Return to the Korns.org home page
