George Washington and the Efforts to Replace Him as General Home › Forums › Revolutionary War History › General Discussion › George Washington and the Efforts to Replace Him as General › George Washington and the Efforts to Replace Him as General December 30, 2014 at 10:22 pm #8809 DKeymaster Agreed. And I’m not sure Gates would have that the unifying and majestic yet humble air of leadership that Washington possessed. I think he would have been more brash and divisive, which would have carried through into the new nation.
