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Article: GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON: A MILITARY LIFE1
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- The Army Lawyer
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON: A MILITARY LIFE1
Every American knows that General George Washington was both the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first President of the United States, but few know our founding father's full military history. For instance, few Americans know that George Washington commanded a Virginia militia force3 and that he surrendered to a French-Indian force at Fort Necessity in 1754.4 Even fewer know that, after serving eight years as the President of the United States, George Washington returned to military service as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at President John Adams's request during the Quasi-War with France from ...