Sitemap EventsCommemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Valcour BayLiving History Event: Scots DayREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Battle Reenactment: “Riot!”REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Battle Reenactment: Hold the Line for LibertyREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Emissaries to CanadaREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Memorial Day WeekendREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Proceed to CanadaREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Veteran’s Day WeekendREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Reenactment Event: “Lodging as the Nature of the Campaign will Admit”REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Reenactment Event: “Today We Are a Nation Among the People of the World”REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Reenactment Event: Fleet & Fortification: The Science of DefenseREAL TIME REVOLUTION® Signature Reenactment Event: Return of an ArmySpecial 250th Conference “Arnold’s Defeat or Ultimate Victory? Perspectives on the 1776 Campaign”The Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Independence DayHistoric SitesAkwesasne Cultural CenterAlbany Institute of History and ArtBennington Battle MonumentBennington Battlefield State Historic SiteBennington MuseumChâteau Ramezay – Historic Site and Museum of MontréalChimney Point State Historic SiteCrown Point State Historic SiteEthan Allen Homestead MuseumFort Chambly National Historic SiteFort Klock RestorationFort Lennox National Historic SiteFort Plain Museum and Historical ParkFort Saint-Jean MuseumFort Stanwix National MonumentFort TiconderogaHubbardton Battlefield State Historic SiteIroquois MuseumJohnson Hall State Historic SiteLake Champlain Maritime MuseumLake George Battlefield State ParkMount Independence State Historic SiteNew York State Military Museum and Veterans Research CenterNew York State MuseumOld Fort House Museum – Fort EdwardOld Stone Fort MuseumOriskany Battlefield State Historic SiteSaratoga National Historic ParkSchuyler Mansion State Historic SiteSix Nations Iroquois Cultural CenterThe Fort at No. 4Valcour IslandPagesAccessibility CommitmentAll Historic SitesDiscover a Northern Department LocationHomeLocationsNewsPrivacy PolicyPosts“Stir Up Their Humanity”: Dr. Potts Asks Albany for Help“The Freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic”: Reporting the Declaration of Independence in BostonLieutenant Colonel Van Cortlandt’s ComplaintTools to Ticonderoga: Supplying the Army in the NorthBureaucracy, Blockades, and Logistics: Challenges for the Hospital DepartmentThe 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, Together Again at TiconderogaCaptain James Wilkinson Burns for a FightFrom Canada to Crown Point, John Shepard Airs His Grievances“The Most Dismal Camp That Ever My Eyes Beheld”: John Harper at Crown Point“The Most Dismal Camp That Ever My Eyes Beheld”: John Harper at Crown PointWhat’s in a Date? Commission Dates and Seniority in the Revolutionary WarIntroducing Dr. Jonathan PottsEbenezer Conant: A Commission, A Pocketbook, An Orderly Book, A Legacy“Under Many Disadvantages”: The American Retreat from Canada“Every Thing in this Country Seems Against Us”: Captain John Bigelow and the Canadian RetreatFrom St. Jean to Bound Brook: British Officers on Parole in AmericaChaos in Canada: General Schuyler Sends Instructions NorthThe Disaster at the Cedars: Two Depositions, Two Different PerspectivesWar News, Thomas Paine, and Remedies for Drowning in a Massachusetts NewspaperReverend Samuel West Preaches IndependenceKeeping the Army Armed: Maintaining and Repairing Continental FirearmsSmallpox and Struggle at Sorel: The American Army’s Retreat from Canada“Time Never Looked so Long as it Hath Since You Was at Home”: Sarah Knapp Allen on the Home FrontJohn Harper, A Pennsylvania Quartermaster at WorkKeeping Things Clean in Long Island: Frazer’s Company’s Orderly BookFirearms in the Field, Paperwork at Home: Responsibilities of a Continental Army CaptainAfter the Surrender: The Odyssey of Fort Chambly’s Imprisoned GarrisonCaptain John Wendell Gets His Marching OrdersFrom New Recruit to Deserter: Early Deserters from the Pennsylvania LineAbigail Holcomb’s Story: Loss and Resilience in the Revolutionary WarThe Connecticut Courant Advocates for IndependenceThe Connecticut Committee of the Pay Table, at War and PeaceArming Up: The 4th Pennsylvania Battalion Prepares for WarDressing for Success: Pennsylvania’s Officers Visit the TailorLearning to Be an Officer: Nicholas Fish Studies for WarDifficult Choices: Kahnawake in the American Revolution“Without Farther Effusion of Blood”: William Howe, Complicated Commander-in-Chief“For Keeping & Taking Care of a Sick Soldier”: Sickness in Canada and at TiconderogaTiconderoga’s British Garrison Imprisoned in Connecticut“Such Pieces as Will Most Gratify His Customers”: Patriotism in a Massachusetts NewspaperAn Army’s Paperwork: Captain Waterman Clift Settles His AccountsUp the Kennebec River with Benedict Arnold and Oliver HanchettThe Noble Train of Artillery: Henry Knox Reports from Lake GeorgeOver the Lake or Through the Woods: Colonel James Holmes Plans for Winter Prisoner Transport“To Be Mustered, Without Delay”: The Massachusetts Militia Fills the GapHenry Knox Gets Good News From Boston: The Capture of the NancyThe Education of Henry KnoxA Noble Train?Lead Mines and Long Journeys: The Continental Army’s Quest for AmmunitionWhat’s In a Name?“Major Brown Is in Posession of My Horse”: Managing Prisoners from St. JeanDaniel Shays: From Continental Army Officer to Namesake of a RebellionRobert Aitken Maps the WarStealing Meat and Striking Officers: Even More Court-Martials at Ticonderoga“To Surrender Themselves Prisoners of War”: The Surrender of Fort Chambly“Lately Taken in Canada”: Making Arrangements for British Prisoners in the Northern Department“My Disorders Are Inflexibly Stubborn”: Philip Schuyler Soldiers on Through SicknessDesertion and Drunken Threats: More Court-Martials at TiconderogaFrom Stealing to Sheep-Shooting to Scandalous Behavior: Court-Martials at Ticonderoga“Being in Want of Money”: Cash Flow Problems in the North and CanadaTitus Hosmer: Serving the Revolution Beyond the BattlefieldFort George: From Dilapidated Bastion to Rejuvenated Military Post“From Lake George to the Governors”: Repairing Ticonderoga’s FirearmsThe Colonies Build an Army: Lamb’s Artillery Company Takes ShapeSoldiers’ Work at Ticonderoga: The Oars That Propelled an ArmyCaptain John MacPherson Prepares for the WorstConnecticut Feeds the First Continental SoldiersSamuel Mott, Military Engineer: On to a New ChallengePresent, Fit For Duty: Colonel Benjamin Hinman’s Regiment at Ticonderoga“Mr. Elijah Bennet, Post Rider To & From Ticonderoga”“Confusion Reigns”: Philip Schuyler Wakes Up Ticonderoga’s Garrison“For Use of the Troops at Ticondaroga”: New York and Connecticut Feed an ArmyTranscontinental Rumors: Information and Misinformation in an 18th-Century Newspaper“Nothing in any Kind of Readiness”: The Canadian Campaign Begins“My Spirit Glows with a Martial Courage”: Lieutenant Noah Allen at WarCompeting Motives, Competing Stories: Benedict Arnold Has His SayJuly 4, 1775: A Typical Day, One Year Before IndependenceCompeting Motives, Competing Stories: The Capture of Ticonderoga According to James EastonPromoting “the Cause of Liberty and Virtue”: William Smith’s Revolutionary War SermonConnecticut Builds an Army: Samuel Mott, Military Engineer“Resolve never to become Slaves”: Champlain Valley Residents Declare Their Principles“On His Parole of Honor”: The Imprisonment of Governor SkeneConnecticut’s Prisoner Problem: What to Do with Captured Noncombatants?From Ticonderoga to Boston: Arnold Plans an Artillery TrainArnold Plans at Lake Champlain: “Masters of the Lake”, But for How Long?Together Again: Reuniting Benedict Arnold’s and John Steven’s Letters“Scheems and Plans”: Skenesborough After the Capture of Fort TiconderogaWhat’s Next After Taking Ticonderoga? Ethan Allen Plans Ahead“At Present Commander of Ticondaroga”Who’s in Command at Fort Ticonderoga?The Fall of Ticonderoga and the Beginning of the Revolutionary WarThe Road to Ticonderoga: Enter Benedict ArnoldThe Road to Ticonderoga: Epaphras Bull’s Journey BeginsThe Expedition to TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga Launches Comprehensive Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution#OnThisDate John Brown March 29, 1775#OnThisDate – Connecticut’s Allegiance in Early 1775: Loyal to the King—For Now#OnThisDate, February 10, 1775, Captain Delaplace Reports an IncidentFort Ticonderoga Announces Guns for Ticonderoga Project: Americana Corner grant allows Fort Ticonderoga to tell signature 250th stories