Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers

by Archer Butler Hulbert

April 19^th: Exercising Recruits, & airing the Tents: several Waggons arrived with Ordnance Stores, heavy Dews at Night occasion it to be very unwholsome

April 20^th: Nothing Material happen’d

April 21^st: The General attended by Captains Orme, Morris and Secretary Shirley; with S^r John S^t Clair; arrived at Head Quarters.

April 24^th inactive[29].

April 25^th: Ordnance Stores Arrived, with 80 Recruits for the 2 Regiments

April 27^th: Employ’d in preparing Harness for the Horses

April 29^th: March’d to M^r. Walker’s 18 Miles from Fredericks Town; pass’d the South Ridge, commonly called the Blue Ridge or Shanandoh Mountains Very easy Ascent and a fine Prospect ... no kind of Refreshment

April 30^th: March’d to Connecochiag; 16 Miles from M^r. Walker’s, Close by the Potomack, a very fine Situation, where we found all the Artillery Stores preparing to go by Water to Wills Creek

May 1^st: Employed in ferrying (over the Potomack) the Army Baggage into Virginia in 2 Floats and 5 Batteaux; The Army March’d to M^r. John Evans, 16 Miles from y^e Potomack and 20 Miles from Winchester, where we Encamp’d, and had tolerable good living with Forrage; the roads begin to be very indifferent