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Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...
As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His SwordIn 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...
To the future President’s credit, Arkeonews wrote that “Washington, realizing the error, risked his life by galloping through ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNHow a Relentless, 484-Mile March From Virginia to Massachusetts Fueled the Legend of the Dashing Frontier RiflemanIn the early months of the American Revolution, Daniel Morgan and his soldiers raced north to join the Continental Army ...
This is the first in a weekly series to be featured every Saturday in The Recorder over the next on the founding of this ...
Col. James Burd made an inspection tour of forts on the Pennsylvania frontier during the French and Indian War from Feb. 16 ...
In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...
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