Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... in Chief of the new Continental Army in what was fast becoming the American Revolution. Thereafter he was on the move, fighting and retreating hither and ...

The fateful tent on display at the Museum of the American ... Revolution. The Frenchman had become a major general in the Continental Army at the age of 19, was a close friend of George Washington ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...