WI George Washington was killed during the Braddock expedition of 1755?

BigDave1967

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What if George Washington had died along with Braddock at Fort Duquesne in 1755? I think Benedict Arnold would have risen very high in the command structure of the Continental Army or maybe even wound up C in C. Arnold was a quality General who I think wouldn't have been turned traitor in that situation.
 
What if George Washington had died along with Braddock at Fort Duquesne in 1755? I think Benedict Arnold would have risen very high in the command structure of the Continental Army or maybe even wound up C in C. Arnold was a quality General who I think wouldn't have been turned traitor in that situation.

A dead George Washington is a butterfly the size of Saskatchewan. I'm not sure about Arnold...maybe Nathanael Greene is a good candidate too? Thomas Gage was on the expedition too. Sometimes I wonder what would happen with him if Washington had died here.
 
Washington got his position because of politics. Now, he turned out to be fairly good at it, but that wasn't why he was chosen. Arnold was terrible at managing politicians; that was one reason he never got the rewards he felt he deserved.

So, Arnold seems somewhat unlikely as the supreme commander, and depending on who gets chosen, he Arnold might not even make it as far as he did.
 

BigDave1967

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A dead George Washington is a butterfly the size of Saskatchewan. I'm not sure about Arnold...maybe Nathanael Greene is a good candidate too? Thomas Gage was on the expedition too. Sometimes I wonder what would happen with him if Washington had died here.

Nathanael Greene was a great General. He turned around a hopeless situation in the Southern Theater in 1780.
 
Nathanael Greene was a great General. He turned around a hopeless situation in the Southern Theater in 1780.

Truth be told and pound for pound, Greene was a better field tactician than Washington. Greene wasn't the celebrity that Washington had become. Nathanael Greene was the Omar Bradley of the American Revolution.
 
Given that the rebellion was still mainly a New England affair in 1775, wouldn't the commander still need to be a Virginian, or at least a Southerner?
 
I could see John Hancock or Horatio Gates getting the job, which would be absolutely terrible for The Americans.
EDIT:What's everyone's opinion on Montgomery as a general?
 
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