Battle of the Monongahela
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The Battle of the Monongahela took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War at Braddock's Field in present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania, 10 miles east of Pittsburgh. A Britis
Washington the Soldier Jacques Auguste Regnier, 1834
Major General Edward Braddock launched a military expedition aimed at capturing the French Fort Duquesne.
Braddock's column being ambushed by Indians and French troops positioned along the tree line
Braddock being mortally wounded after three hours of intense combat
George Washington
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George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the A
Battle of the Monongahela
…the battle. Braddock was mortally wounded in the fight and died during the retreat near present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He specifically asked for George Washington, who accompanied him on the march, to oversee his burial. The remainder of the British column retreated south-eastwards. Fort Duquesne and the surrounding…
Portrait, c. 1803
Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth
Colonel George Washington, a 1772 portrait of Washington by Charles Willson Peale