My takeaway from reading summaries of Last of the Mohicans (have not seen the movie)
The history of a Frenchman named Montcalm
Joseph-Louis de Montcalm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm
Likely that someone who attended any of the service academies would have learned the somewhat-complex story of his military service during the colonial era in North America.
I am not sufficiently educated about Montcalm, and would like to learn more if someone here is familiar.