George Washington earned his stripes, tested his resolve and learned from his defeats in western Pennsylvania.

On 1777, General George Washington and his battle-hardened Continental Army secured a decisive victory over the formidable British garrison at ...

The Delaware was but of one body of water that the Americans used to their advantage in the war. The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, carried out effective guerilla campaigns from the wetlands of the South, ...

In a small town 60 miles north of New York City, General George Washington saved the American experiment in its cradle. It was not long after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, when Washington's decisive ...

When the Continental Army formed 250 years ago at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed its commander-in-chief and major general. During the winter of 1779–1780, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The uniform worn by General George ...

‘… to do Justice, to love mercy,’ he instructed in his ‘Circular Letter to the States.’ ‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission,’ an 1824 ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Edward Savage’s mezzotint engraving portrays George Washington as the nation’s president rather than as a general: he ...