Battle of the Monongahela

[@JeffRyan-q9z]

Good stuff, brother. Local history needs to be kept alive.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

@@JeffRyan-q9z thank you

[@jamesrice6096]

Excellent video. My Dad's family is from near there. Wish I could get back to the Rice Teeter reunion more often.

[@72buffaloman]

Great stuff new subscriber here. Keep em coming.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

Thank you.

[@BR549-2]

Great video!

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

Thank you.

[@kennethhummel4409]

Been waiting for this one! Thanks for the tale.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

Thank you for watching.

[@TurkeyCreek-ek8mj]

Really good overview Compadre! TC

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

Thank you!

[@amoschase7207]

Good one. Thanks.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

Thank you!

[@calliecooke1817]

Very good description of events. But I am a bit disappointed. You didn't explain that Washington admitted to murder only because of a faulty French translator. That the war that ensued, while known here as the French and Indian War, was a world war, one of the first, which was known generally as the Seven Years War. And that there had actually been a series of "French and Indian Wars" that went back to the mid-17th century. No mention was made of Daniel Morgan, who obtained his nickname, "the Old Wagoneer" on Braddock's campaign. Or that Braddock had him flogged. And that on this campaign Morgan and George Washington became fast friends. Nor was the fact that the militia were Virginians, fighting in Western Pennsylvannia. Why? Nothing about Virginia's claims to the Ohio Valley or the Quaker Penn family being adverse to raising a militia or participating in violence. Or that Benjamin Franklin had led the efforts to actually raise a Pennsylvanian militia. I assume you were trying to keep it short and sweet, but you could have included these details without much more than my couple paragraphs. Still, I enjoyed your video. Thanks. BTW- Since you focus on Washington, I would have mentioned his great satisfaction when he returned with another British force in 1758, and saw that the French had blown Ft. Duquesne to bits.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

You are right that I left out that information in order to keep it short. That surrender was at Fort Necessity and I was trying to limit the video to just the Battle of the Monongahela. I actually have another video about Daniel Morgan where I mention him being flogged. Thank you for watching.

[@calliecooke1817]

@@HistorywithG-Hall I really did enjoy this video and have just subscribed. I didn't mean to be so critical. Ironically I am reading "George Washington's War" by Robert Leckie right now. I was in Winchester, VA last week and visited Morgan's grave and have been working about 2 miles from Mount Vernon all spring. I guess I'm a little caught up in this particular phase of history right now. Thanks for reply. I'll search for Morgan video.

[@HistorywithG-Hall]

@@calliecooke1817 No offense on my end. That is some pretty interesting stuff you are doing. I have been to Mount Vernon a few times and I really appreciate the way that foundation has taken care of the place.

[@calliecooke1817]

@@HistorywithG-Hall I am blessed. I live halfway between DC and Baltimore. I put on metal roofs and over half my work is historical. Plus my family is all from Shenndoah Valley. History is everywhere I go. I showed my helper the old Bladensburg Dueling Grounds last week. He had no idea.

[@randybrown140]

Daniel Boone was a Teamster during this Battle.

[@Paulftate]

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