by | Jun 9, 2010 | History
In February, 1775, Pittsfield delegate to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, John Brown, was sent to Canada to sound out sentiment there for taking action against the British. On the way he passed by Fort Ticonderoga at the northern end of Lake George, and noticed...
by | Jun 8, 2010 | History
During the summer and fall of 1775, Allen’s and Arnold’s escapades continued in the north, including a grandiose plan to conquer Canada, but more on that below. Meanwhile, on July 3, 1775, George Washington was appointed by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to...
by | Jun 7, 2010 | History
By November, 1776, Washington’s army, defeated in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains, was finally compelled to abandon New York, which the British then occupied with a heavy concentration of forces. As the Americans retreated south across New Jersey into...
by | Jun 6, 2010 | History
The engraving above depicts Colonel Benedict Arnold before the city of Quebec in 1776. Even though that campaign and the whole Canadian venture ended in failure, it did not tarnish his on-going career. Indeed, his battlefield bravery was already legendary. In the...
by | Jun 5, 2010 | History
If it can go wrong, it will go wrong. There is no better example of venerable Murphy’s Law than what happened to Burgoyne’s campaign once it started down from Fort Ticonderoga. Certainly, one of the worst, if not the worst calamity to befall it before the final...
by | Jun 4, 2010 | History
There were no Tory loyalists in Williamstown. At least none dared speak publicly in favor of the British during the course of the war . When the Declaration of Independence was read to the people during July of ‘76, everyone expressed support. Militia contingents were...
