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Expedition
1755 by Pamela Patrick White
Twenty three year old George Washington accompanied Major General
Edward Braddock in 1755 as an aid-de-camp for the expedition against
the French Fort Duquesne. He developed a friendship with Captain
Robert Orme, who was also an aid to the General. Braddock was wounded
and later died at the Battle of Monongahela . Orme was also wounded,
leaving Washington the only person left to distribute the General's
orders. This later became known as Braddock's Defeat .
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