General Washington Takes Command

On the 3rd of July, 1775, George Washington took command of the main American army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That army had been laying siege to British-occupied Boston since April of that year.

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Credits

Engraving by C. Rogers from a painting by M.A. Wageman.

U.S. National Archives, image 148-GW-l78.