Historians often note the brief military engagement at Fort Necessity #OTD 1754 for two major reasons: it was the first combat experience of then-21-year-old Virginia Lieutenant Colonel George Washington and the first battle of the French and Indian War between Britain and France.
How did Washington evolve as a military leader from a series of defeats in service of the crown to the future commander in chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States?
Watch historians David L. Person and Christian E. Fearer discuss Washington’s formative period and the Battle of Fort Necessity in the Battle Brief - "A Wilderness of Difficulties”: George Washington’s First War, now available.
National Museum of the United States Army
Historians often note the brief military engagement at Fort Necessity #OTD 1754 for two major reasons: it was the first combat experience of then-21-year-old Virginia Lieutenant Colonel George Washington and the first battle of the French and Indian War between Britain and France.
How did Washington evolve as a military leader from a series of defeats in service of the crown to the future commander in chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States?
Watch historians David L. Person and Christian E. Fearer discuss Washington’s formative period and the Battle of Fort Necessity in the Battle Brief - "A Wilderness of Difficulties”: George Washington’s First War, now available.
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