ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Site of Fort Necessity]Frontispiece
Page
[The Route Through the Alleghanies]26
[“Lowdermilk’s Map of Fort Necessity”]32
[“Washington’s Rock”]34
[Grape Shot Found Near Fort Necessity]40
[Spark’s Map of Fort Necessity]42
[Lewis’s Map of Fort Necessity]48
[“Frontier Forts” Map]50
[Views of Remains of Fort Necessity]52
[Diagrams of Fort Necessity]54

SITE OF FORT NECESSITY.

The outline of the Southern embankment is in the fore-ground. The hill is locally known as Mount Washington; the brick mansion stands on the old National road and was known as Sampey’s Tavern. From this hill the French first attacked the little Virginian army under Washington in the fort.

COLONEL WASHINGTON.