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The Military Career of George Washington
A portrait of George Washington as a versatile leader whose early life as a surveyor and soldier led to command in the Continental Army. The piece covers his frontier service, early defeats, Braddock era, marriage to Martha Custis, rise to command, discipline methods, and enduring commitment to liberty.
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George Washington
Washington
Charles
Navy
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Aix la Chapelle
America
Ohio
August
Lawrence Washington
England
Robert Dinwiddie
Scotman
Dinwiddie
William Trent
New World
Fry
Great Meadows
Imander
Will's Creek
Allegheny
Monongahela
France
London
George II
Mount Vernon
Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Whaddock
William Pitt
General Forbes
Fort Pitt
Maries
Martha Custis
Continental Army
Williamsburg
Boston
Philadelphia
Army
John Adams
Bunker Hill
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Moses
Offce
Cragie House
Henry W. Longfellow
Cambridge Common
Marblehead
Valley Forge