Fort Chambly

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Illness and Disease, Pension Records, People, The War Years (1775-1783) November 17, 2022 January 25, 2023

Smallpox by Inoculation: The Tragedy of New York’s Rosewell Beebe

by Philip D. Weaver

The day following the legendary taking of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775, Lt. Col. Ethan Allen reported the successful mission to New York’s…

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Critical Thinking, Memoir, People, The War Years (1775-1783) December 31, 2020 January 4, 2021

Ethan Allen’s “Motley Parcel of Soldiery” at Montreal

by Mark R. Anderson

When Ethan Allen described his defeat and capture outside Montreal at Longue Pointe on September 25, 1775, he observed that “it was a motley…

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The War Years (1775-1783) February 23, 2016 August 28, 2016

Arnold, Hazen and the Mysterious Major Scott

by Ennis Duling

In July 1776, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold brought charges against Col. Moses Hazen for disobeying orders and neglecting merchandise seized in Montréal. Hazen was…

Latest Comments

1. Stuart Manson The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

He was, however, the fellow who was killed at the Battle of Stone Arabia (Mohawk Valley area), October 19, 1780, by a Loyalist-British-Indigenous raiding party under Sir John Johnson.
2. John Concannon The Unimportance of John Brown’s Raid on Ticonderoga

Thank you for this informative article. As a point of clarification, this article by Michael Barbieri refers to Col. John Brown, someone not to be confused with the John Brown…
3. Christian McBurney The Great New York Fire of 1776

A model book review Gene well done. Benjamin in his book discusses the possibility that Washington secretly ordered the fires but the author prudently does not go overboard on the…