Battle of the Monongahela · George Washington's Mount Vernon

Following the British failure to capture Fort Duquesne in 1754, British authorities assigned General Edward Braddock the task of venturing to the Forks of the Ohio and removing the French presence from the region. His forces were ambushed and nearly destroyed by the French and Native Americans near Monongahela.

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