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...
by swcaadmin | Jun 3, 2010 | History
“Damned Vermont!”, General Burgoyne angrily complained (but with a tinge of begrudging admiration),“It abounds with the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left.” An eighth of his army had just been lost in...
by swcaadmin | Jun 2, 2010 | History
Between the battle of September 19, 1777 and the first week of October, there was little action. The British however were building their own defensive fortifications, a series of raised redoubts extending from the Hudson River all the way west to Freeman’s...
