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1759: The Other Ticonderoga & Other Quebec Curios

September 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

View of present-day Fort Ticonderoga. Photo credit: Peetlesnumber1/Wikimedia Commons

On the heels of the massive failure that was the Battle of Ticonderoga/Carillon, the British had a victory in the Battle of Ticonderoga. The British, wanting to claim Fort [read on]

1758: (One of) Two Ticonderogas & Other Quebec Curios

September 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

"The Victory of Montcalm's Troops at Carillon" by Henry Alexander Ogden, now in the Fort Ticonderoga Museum in New York. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.

While ensuing alliances were being made in Europe, the British and French were having their respective victories over in the colonies located in the New World. Two of these [read on]