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Washington was acknowledged for



                                                                                                                                         his role at rallying the forces so that




                                                                                                                                         there were no additional casualties.



                                                                                                                                         This enabled him to be part of  other



                                                                                                                                         military campaigns so that he could




                                                                                                                                         earn the commission into the British



                                                                                                                                         army that he always hoped. He failed



                                                                                                                                         in entering the British army, which


            the Ohio river basin. Washington                                                                                             led to the brief  respite from military




            faced multiple defeats and successes,                                                                                        service from retirement before the



            namely organizing a retreat from                                                                                             start of  the war for independence by



            which the British had lost so that                                                                                           the American colonies.




            the commanding general could



            recover and flee. Although defeated,                                                                                         4. Retirement
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