22 April 1754

GW was at Wills Creek, Pa./Md., where the Va. regiment and others established camp. Around this time, Ens. Edward Ward, the officer serving under Capt. William Trent, arrived at Wills Creek to deliver confirmation of the fall of the British fort at the Forks of the Ohio. Trent commanded that fort. Ward’s news prompted a Council of War on the next day. 

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22 April 1754
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