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==Washington Takes Command==
[[File:Braddock's_death_at_the_Battle_of_Monongahela_9-July-1755.jpg|left|thumbnail|275px|Braddock's Death at the Battle of Monogahela Monongahela - 1755]]
Washington had suffered a crippling attack of dysentery and was not on hand for the initial Battle of the Monongahela and he rode up to find the Braddock Expedition in disarray. Washington gallantly attempted to organize what was left of the 2,400-man force and endured “4 bullets through my coat and two Horses shot [from] under.” <ref>Abbot, W.W.,<i>The Young George Washington and His Papers</i>, University of Virginia, 1999</ref>
