# Washington the Soldier Author: Carrington, Henry B., 1824-1912 Genre: Category: Biographies Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65380 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Washington+the+Soldier+Carrington&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The boyhood and youth of George Washington were singularly in harmony with those aptitudes and tastes that shaped his entire life. He was not quite eight years of age when his elder brother, Lawrence, fourteen years his senior, returned from England where he had been carefully educated, and where he had developed military tastes that were hereditary in the family. Lawrence secured a captain’s commission in a freshly organized regiment, and engaged in service in the West Indies, with distinguished credit. His letters, counsels, and example inspired the younger brother with similar zeal. Irving says that “all his amusements took a military turn. He made soldiers of his school-mates. They ha... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/washington-the-soldier-65380/chapters/11/index.md)