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The fact that Washington survived that battle with NO WOUNDS and the bullets shot at him went through his clothes making only holes, the fact that other bullets killed his horse but not him is nothing short of a miracle!

The movie did depict George Washington fighting the Battle of the Monongahela (also known as the Battle of the Wilderness) on July 9, 1755, with four bullet holes through his coat and two horses shot out from under him, yet he remained completely unhurt. Those shots were aimed AT HIM!

It was Diving Providence protecting him and preparing him to lead the nation that eventually became the USA! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

The part about the Indians (who had been trying to shoot him during the battle) talking to him and saying that they thought he was being watched over by the Great Spirit because they tried to kill him and couldn't...and they said they didn't miss...I recall reading that somewhere as a "fact", but it is apparently more of a legend than a fact as described here by the Mount Vernon website:

LINK: The "Indian Prophecy" and the "Bulletproof President"

George Washington was known to the Seven Nations as "Conotocaurius," which was given to him by the Iroquois and translates to "Town Destroyer" or "Devourer of Villages." This nickname was given to him by the Seneca leader Tanacharison in 1753. (They called Washington's Great Grandfather by the same name and simply transferred it to him.)

That said, one of my favorite stories is not an anecdotal (not fully, as it came from a trusted source) was this:

This passage below was in a letter from George Washington to his brother that was published in an English newspaper before the American Revolution, and read by King George III where the young Colonel Washington said:

“I fortunately escaped without a wound, tho’ the right Wing where I stood was exposed to & received all the Enemy’s fire and was the part where the man was killed & the rest wounded. I can with truth assure you, I heard Bulletts whistle and believe me there was something charming in the sound.”

King George III, after reading this was said to have commented:

“He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.”