Washington: The Soldier and the Christian (Classic Reprint)

Washington: The Soldier and the Christian (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
1330600525
ISBN-13
9781330600528
Category
History
Pages
68
Language
English
Published
2015-07-03
Author
Merle Vernon

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Excerpt from Washington: The Soldier and the Christian 1732. Feb. 22. Born in Westmoreland Co., Virginia; 1743. April 12. Death of his father, aged 49; 1746. Appointed Midshipman in English Navy. Did not go; 1748. Surveyor - on the Potomac; 1751. Military Inspector - with rank of Major; 1752. Adjutant-General; 1753. Oct. 31. Commissioner to the French on the Ohio; 1754. Lieut.-Col. for defense of Virginia; 1755. July 9. Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Braddock; 1755. Aug. 14. Commander-in-Chief of Virginia forces; 1758. Dec. Resigned his commission; 1759. Jan. 6. His marriage; Member of the House of Burgesses, Va.; 1770. Tour to the Ohio and Great Kenawha Rivers; 1774. Member of the First Continental Congress; 1775. May 10. Member of Second Continental Congress; 1775. June 15. Commander-in-Chief; 1775. July 3. Commander of army at Cambridge; 1776. March 17. Boston evacuated by the British About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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