<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: In the first engagement of the war, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Militia">militia</a> under the 22-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lieutenant colonel">Lieutenant colonel</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> defeat a French reconnaissance party in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Jumonville Glen">Battle of Jumonville Glen</a> in what is now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_Pennsylvania" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fayette County, Pennsylvania">Fayette County</a> in southwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.