A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . WASHINGTONS ROOM AT MT. VERNON, SKETCHED AUGUST 19, 1896.* himself was killed and the remnant of his panic strickenregulars was saved by the gallantry of the Virginia troops,led by Washington, who, accustomed to Indian warfare,covered their retreat until they found shelter within theVirginia frontier. Washington Again in Command.—The fury of the sav-ages, incited by the French, now fell upon the helpless set-tlers and murder raged along the border. Washington wasplaced in command of the Virginia forces, and remained * Armed chair in whic
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . WASHINGTONS ROOM AT MT. VERNON, SKETCHED AUGUST 19, 1896.* himself was killed and the remnant of his panic strickenregulars was saved by the gallantry of the Virginia troops,led by Washington, who, accustomed to Indian warfare,covered their retreat until they found shelter within theVirginia frontier. Washington Again in Command.—The fury of the sav-ages, incited by the French, now fell upon the helpless set-tlers and murder raged along the border. Washington wasplaced in command of the Virginia forces, and remained * Armed chair in which he last sat, in National 118 History of Virginia and Virginians. at his post until the end of the French and Indian war,in 1763, when, by the treaty of peace, France ceded toEngland all her possessions in America. He then re-turned to Mount Vernon, which he had inherited fromhis brother Lawrence. From the quiet of his fireside hewas later to be called to unsheath his sword not only forVirginia, but for all her sister colonies. Patrick Henry.—Meanwhile another young Virginianwas to wield a mighty influence upon the opinions andevents of the day. This was PatrickHenry, who has been called the Fatherof the American Revolution. His Education and Early Life.—He wasthe son of Colonel John Henry, who livedat his place, Studley, in Hanover county,where Patrick Henry was born in never attended college, but his fatherinstructed him in Latin and English, andin the former he was proficient. He pos-sessed no turn for business, and after failing in more thanone enterprise decided to study law. He was careless i
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