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Born c.1706 • Maryland
Died 1759 • Georgia? • South Carolina?
Role In Battle of the Monongahela • French and Indian War
Edward Braddock
Edward Braddock
British commander
George Clinton
George Clinton
vice president of United States
Shirley, William
William Shirley
British colonial governor
Wolfe, James
James Wolfe
British general
Thomas Gainsborough: portrait of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
British army commander
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James Abercrombie
British general
James Murray, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist
James Murray
British soldier and official
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
American showman
Frémont, John C.
John C. Frémont
American explorer, military officer, and politician
Parkman, Francis
Francis Parkman
American historian
Carson, Kit
Kit Carson
American frontiersman
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike
American military officer and explorer
Pepperrell, Sir William, Baronet
Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet
British soldier
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator
John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
English general
portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley
Thomas Gage
British general
Death of the marquis de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, marquis de Montcalm
French general
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Sir Eyre Coote
British soldier
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, detail of an oil painting attributed to J. van Diest, c. 1718; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
British statesman

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