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Fort Necessity National BattlefieldSmoke fills the air as a group British soldiers fire from inside Fort Necessity
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield
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Before the battle at Fort Necessity, George Washington wrote that the meadow would be “a charming field for an Encounter”. After the skirmish at Jumonville Glen he wrote there was “something charming in sound” of bullets. After his defeat at Fort Necessity he never again refers to war as charming.

Last Updated: July 28, 2006 at 15:24 EST