One side in this conflict used the term "Watermelon Army" to mockingly refer to the other side, and that rebellious side was commanded by James McFarlane who was shot and killed by the defenders of John Neville.
Hugh Henry Brackenridge attempted to serve as a moderator in this event, which took place in the fourth survey in a system set up by the primary cause of this event.  It was exacerbated by David Lenox delivering writs to those involved in it, and Albert Gallatin referred to his participation in it as his "only political sin".  One side in this conflict used the term "Watermelon Army" to mockingly refer to the other side, and that rebellious side was commanded by James McFarlane who was shot and killed by the defenders of John Neville. It involved the first use of the Militia Law of 1792, as George Washington had to personally send approximately thirteen thousand troops to Western Pennsylvania to put down the uprising. FTP name this 1794 rebellion in which poor farmers attacked tax collectors in protest of a high excise tax on the namesake beverage.
Hugh Henry Brackenridge attempted to serve as a moderator in this event, which took place in the fourth survey in a system set up by the primary cause of this event.  
{Whiskey Rebellion} or {Whiskey Insurrection}