VA, USA
Washington Bids Farewell to His Mother Before Yorktown Campaign
September 9, 1781
DateSeptember 9, 1781
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On September 9, 1781, Washington visited his mother in Fredericksburg during the march south for the Yorktown campaign. He knew she was terminally ill. It was the last time they saw each other; Mary Ball Washington died in August 1789, six years after the war ended.
People Involved
Mary Ball Washington(George Washington's Mother)
George Washington's widowed mother, who moved to a house in Fredericksburg in 1772 and lived there until her death in 1789. Maintained a complicated relationship with her famous son throughout the war years, repeatedly requesting his presence in Fredericksburg while he was occupied with military command.