Washington moves to Carlisle to guide the army
- When
- October 1794
- Where
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Part of
- Whiskey Rebellion
President Washington traveled west in October 1794 toward Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where the militia he ordered mobilized was gathering, to guide the US Army's suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion.
Washington left Philadelphia on September 30, 1794, to review the progress of the military expedition, in what historian Joseph Ellis called the first and only time a sitting American president led troops in the field. He passed through Reading on his way to meet the militia he had ordered mobilized at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Colonel Jonathan Forman, a veteran of the Revolution and the Siege of Yorktown, led New Jersey's Third Infantry Regiment against the rebellion and recorded an encounter with Washington during the campaign. Daniel Morgan had been promoted to Major General at this time.
Sources
- Whiskey Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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