George Washington's Journal for 1754
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Fearing that as soon as the news of this defeat should reach the French...I began to raise a fort with a little palisade... - George Washington, May 30, 1754 In the spring of 1754, 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington of the Virginia Regiment was dispatched to the Ohio River Valley to investigate French forces congregating in the region. His journal from that year, spanning March 31 to June 27, details the surprise skirmish at Jumonville Glen and the preparations leading to the Battle of Fort Necessity. Seized by the French during Washington’s only military surrender there, this…
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