Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Start of the War

The opening skirmish of the War was started when George Washington (at that time a lieutenant colonel) was leading his men to meet up with some frontiersmen who had set out earlier to build a fort. He soon got word of a group of French soldiers in the area. Thinking they might be a raiding party Washington ambushed them, and nearly every soldier was either killed or captured.

3 comments:

Terry said...

Wow! I didn't know that before.

TDA-American History said...

Do you really believe He thought it was a raiding party??? I am not sure... How many did he find? How many did he kill?

Brennan said...

i like how you said that...made it easier to understand! thanks...lol