...later the young colonel wrote of the engagement to his brother John : By the all powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation: for I have bad four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death...

...later the young colonel wrote of the engagement to his brother John : By the all powerful dispensation of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation: for I have bad four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death...

...opportunity of contradicting the first, and assuring you, that I have not as yet composed the latter. But, by the allpowerful dispensations of Providence,...I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped...

...was kill'd in the Field where died many other brave Officer's; I luckily escap'd with'ta wound, tho' I had four Bullets through my Coat, and two Horses shot under me; Captns. Orme and Morris two of the Genls. Aids de Camp, were wounded early in the Engagem't. which...

...in the Battle of the Monongahela. "I luckily escapd with[ou]ta wound," he assured his mother, "tho' I had four Bullets through my Coat, and two Horses shot under me." Braddock's regulars, surprised and confused by their foes who assailed them from the protection of...

...in the Battle of the Monongahela. "I luckily escapd with[ou]ta wound," he assured his mother, "tho' I had four Bullets through my Coat, and two Horses shot under me." Braddock's regulars, surprised and confused by their foes who assailed them from the protection of...

...distracted forces. A few days later he wrote to his mother, "I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me." He now returned in broken health to Mount Vernon on July 26th but amid the approbation of his friends...

...Meadows, May 31, 1754 By the miraculous care of Providence that protected me beyond all human expectation, I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under, and yet escaped unhurt. To John Augustine Washington, Fort Cumberland, July 18, 1755 Beliefs Men's...

...same dare, ibid., 134-37. 6n, GW wrote a brief account of the battle to his mother, noting that he "had four Bullets through my Coat, and two Horses shot under me" ;GW to Mary Ball Washington, 1 8 July 1733, ibid., 336-37l. 61. GW's commission and two accompanying...

...in the Battle of the Monongahela. "I luckily escapd with[ou]ta wound," he assured his mother, "tho' I had four Bullets through my Coat, and two Horses shot under me." Braddock's regulars, surprised and confused by their foes who assailed them from the protection of...