Battle of Fort Necessity

When

3 Jul 1754

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.81° N, 79.59° W

Description

1754 early battle in the French and Indian War

Early battle in the French and Indian War

The Battle of Fort Necessity, also known as the Battle of the Great Meadows took place on July 3, 1754, in present-day Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement, along with a May 28 skirmish known as the Battle of Jumonville Glen, was the first military combat experience for George Washington, who was later selected as commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War by the Sec…

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Fort Necessity”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• French and Indian War28 May 1754 · War