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  • Reconnoitering Ticoneroga's Defenses, 1777
    1/4/2009 (387Kb pdf)
    My current reconnaissance is prompted by an excellent discussion in Professor Gregory J.W. Urwin’s recent Redcoat Images No. 1072 (December 2008), concerning James Hunter’s work at Ticonderoga in 1777.  I greatly appreciated Urwin’s analysis of the uniforms on the shoreline and subsequent comments from other colleagues, but want to add (a) a bibliographic note re the watercolors; (b) a note on the fortifications in the background having walked the ground daily for 20 years; and (c) a note about the naval vessels in the foreground. Read the full article...

  • Royal-Roussillon Defends Carillon & La Nouvelle France
    10/9/2008 (387Kb pdf)

  • Montcalm Grand Council
    7/16/2000 (244Kb pdf)

  • “Like roaring lions breaking from their chains”: The Highland Regiment at Ticonderoga (1758)
    2/6/2009 (387Kb pdf)
    No regiment gained greater distinction for its bravery at Carillon than the 42nd Foot, the Highland Regiment, celebrated as the “Black Watch”.... This anthology of hitherto-unpublished or rather inaccessible primary material documenting the service of the Highland Regiment at Ticonderoga is offered in tribute to the clansmen who fell here in 1758, 240 years ago, and to their families.  Read the full article…

  • “Without a single shot:” The 1759 “Siege” of Fort Ticonderoga
    (295Kb pdf) by Christopher D. Fox, The Anthony D. Pell Curator of Collections at Fort Ticonderoga.
    In the 18th-century, artillery often made the difference between success and defeat in battle. At Ticonderoga, (known as Carillon to the French) artillery was a means to an end. For the attacking British army whose goal it was to eject the French from their southernmost stronghold on Lake Champlain, it helped to ensure success. To the French garrison who realized that their occupation of Carillon was about to end, the artillery would hopefully buy them some time. Read the full article…