General Lincoln and Colonel John Brown had …
Years: 1777 - 1777
September
General Lincoln and Colonel John Brown had staged an attack against the British position at Fort Ticonderoga, unknown to either side at Saratoga until after the battle of Freeman’s Farm.
Lincoln had collected two thousand men at Bennington by early September.
After marching north to Pawlet, they had received word that the guard at Ticonderoga might be susceptible to surprise.
Lincoln had sent three detachments of five hundred men each to "annoy, divide, and distract the enemy."
One had gone to Skenesboro, which was found to be abandoned by the British.
The second had gone to capture Mount Independence on the east side of Lake Champlain, while the third, led by John Brown, made the approach to Ticonderoga.
On the morning of September 18, Brown had surprised the British defenders at the southern end of the portage trail connecting Lake George to Lake Champlain.
Rapidly moving up the trail his men had continued to surprise British defenders and capture artillery pieces until they reached the height of land just before Ticonderoga, where they occupied the "old French lines" (so named because it was there that a French defense had improbably held against a much larger British army in the 1758 Battle of Carillon).
On the way he had rescued one hundred American prisoners (thus increasing the size of his force) and captured nearly three hundred British.
His demand for the fort's surrender had been refused, and for the next four days Brown's men and the fort had exchanged cannon fire, to little effect.
Since he has insufficient manpower to actually assault the fort, Brown now withdraws to Lake George, where he makes an unsuccessful attempt to capture a storage depot on an island in the lake.
General Gates had written to Lincoln on the day of Freeman's Farm, ordering his force back to Saratoga and that "not one moment should be lost".
Lincoln reaches Bemis Heights on September 22, but the last of his troops will not arrive until the 29th.
Lincoln had collected two thousand men at Bennington by early September.
After marching north to Pawlet, they had received word that the guard at Ticonderoga might be susceptible to surprise.
Lincoln had sent three detachments of five hundred men each to "annoy, divide, and distract the enemy."
One had gone to Skenesboro, which was found to be abandoned by the British.
The second had gone to capture Mount Independence on the east side of Lake Champlain, while the third, led by John Brown, made the approach to Ticonderoga.
On the morning of September 18, Brown had surprised the British defenders at the southern end of the portage trail connecting Lake George to Lake Champlain.
Rapidly moving up the trail his men had continued to surprise British defenders and capture artillery pieces until they reached the height of land just before Ticonderoga, where they occupied the "old French lines" (so named because it was there that a French defense had improbably held against a much larger British army in the 1758 Battle of Carillon).
On the way he had rescued one hundred American prisoners (thus increasing the size of his force) and captured nearly three hundred British.
His demand for the fort's surrender had been refused, and for the next four days Brown's men and the fort had exchanged cannon fire, to little effect.
Since he has insufficient manpower to actually assault the fort, Brown now withdraws to Lake George, where he makes an unsuccessful attempt to capture a storage depot on an island in the lake.
General Gates had written to Lincoln on the day of Freeman's Farm, ordering his force back to Saratoga and that "not one moment should be lost".
Lincoln reaches Bemis Heights on September 22, but the last of his troops will not arrive until the 29th.
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- Arthur St. Clair
- Barry St. Leger
- Benedict Arnold
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Daniel Morgan
- Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
- George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
- George Washington
- Henry Clinton
- Horatio Gates
- Israel Putnam
- John Brown
- John Burgoyne
- John Stark
- Philip Schuyler
- Seth Warner
- Simon Fraser
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- William Howe
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- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
- Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of
- Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover)
- Hessians
- British people
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Quebec (British Province)
- New Hampshire, State of (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey, State of (U.S.A.)
- New York, independent state of
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
- Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- Americans
- Connecticut, State of (U.S.A.)
- Vermont, Republic of
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- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- Saratoga, Battles of
- Saratoga Campaign
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Years: 1777 - 1777
September
Locations
People
- Arthur St. Clair
- Barry St. Leger
- Benedict Arnold
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Daniel Morgan
- Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
- George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
- George Washington
- Henry Clinton
- Horatio Gates
- Israel Putnam
- John Brown
- John Burgoyne
- John Stark
- Philip Schuyler
- Seth Warner
- Simon Fraser
- Tadeusz Kościuszko
- William Howe
Groups
- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
- Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of
- Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover)
- Hessians
- British people
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Quebec (British Province)
- New Hampshire, State of (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey, State of (U.S.A.)
- New York, independent state of
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
- Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- Americans
- Connecticut, State of (U.S.A.)
- Vermont, Republic of
Topics
- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- Saratoga, Battles of
- Saratoga Campaign
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Regions
Subregions