Fort Ticonderoga, key to a continent,

This book follows the history of Fort Ticonderoga, with focus on the years 1755-1759 and 1775-1777, and the military involvements and personalities of the site

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Edward Pierce
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, [1964]
Boston, Little, Brown [1964]
Edition:[1st ed.]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. They followed the waterways
  • 2. Gunfire wakes the echoes at Ticonderoga
  • 3. Martyrdom on the Mohawk
  • 4. A fort rises in the wilderness
  • 5. Montcalm takes Fort William Henry
  • 6. Defeat at the Log Wall
  • 7. Amherst planned well
  • 8. "In the name of the great Jehovah-- "
  • 9. Britain loses the waterway
  • 10. Ticonderoga becomes the northern bastion
  • 11. Britain wins the lake, too late
  • 12. The fort awaits assault
  • 13. A new year opens
  • 14. The last surrender
  • 15. Surrender at Saratoga
  • 16. The fort holds fast
  • 17. Two centuries of peace