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Did George Washington execute any of his men during the Revolution?
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∙ 13y ago
General Washington himself did not kill any of his own men, however, he did order the execution of 3 men from the New Jersey militia who were among the leaders of the militia who were inciting the group to leave the battlefield and seek to either go home and/or be paid back wages. This action followed a similar action by the Pennsylvania militia in which those soldiers were convinced to "re-inlist" in the army (I suspect they also got some money). Washington felt a bad precedent was being set so he sent some of his loyal soldiers to intercept the New Jersey militia, identify the leaders, cast lots to identify 3 of the leaders, to be executed and made the other leaders act as the executioners. They had to shoot their friends. In this way he demonstrated what would happen to others who acted in the same way the offending militia acted.
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