Fort Ticonderoga

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Major John Cambell of the 17th Regiment of Foot wrote General Jeffery Amherst on December 8, 1759 that "Our men our in great distress for want of Beds to lie on." New York Independent Company soldiers spent the next year in 1760 repairing and outfitting the barracks buildings at Ticonderoga. Our carpenters just finished a soldiers bunk based off of dimensions from the "Necessaries to be provided for soldiers at No. 4" in 1759 describing “...berths four feet wide & six feet two inches long within the boards.” Today we use these bunks to sleep both scouts and students who can stay overnight at the fort!
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The Carillon is on her way through the Champlain Canal today, as we get ready for boat tours beginning Friday, May 26! Book your visit today! #memorialdayweekend #boattours #lakechamplain #Adirondacks #fortticonderoga #history #museums #relax #summer #familyadventures

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Happy #ManuscriptMonday! Spring was typically the start of the campaign season in upstate New York during eighteenth-century wars. However, some campaigns took longer to swing into action than others. By this day in 1775, Fort Ticonderoga had been in American hands for close to two weeks and both #BenedictArnold and #EthanAllen had mounted raids on Fort Saint-Jean across the Canadian border. On this day in 1759, by contrast, the British army was still grinding into gear as it planned an offensive against Ticonderoga. Today’s manuscript, MS.7192, the orderly book of Brigade Major Alexander Moneypenny of the 55th Regiment of Foot, describes the British army’s movements as it prepared to return to the field. The orderly book covers the period from May 6-June 20, 1759. On May 6, Moneypenny’s 55th Regiment and much of the rest of the British regular army was still stationed at Albany, where they had spent the winter. Most of the provincial forces, which were raised in the American colonies to serve for one campaign season at a time and usually did not serve over the winter months, had not yet arrived; no provincial troops are mentioned in orders until May 18. Orders in early May mainly concern moving units to and from posts relatively close to Albany, such as Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schaghticoke. By May 22, the army was still in Albany, but preparations for large-scale movements were beginning; a set of orders from that day orders troops to “receive batteaus, & load them with Provisions & Baggage. The Baggage of the whole to go by Water”, likely to Fort Edward, a major stepping stone along the army’s path to Lake George and the Ticonderoga peninsula. Moneypenny and the 55th Regiment stayed in Albany until June 2, and by June 20, the end of this orderly book, they would still be at Fort Edward, nearly 50 miles south of Ticonderoga. However, the campaign would be worth the wait; on July 27, 1759, British forces would finally successfully occupy Fort Ticonderoga.

This document can be found on our online database in the link in bio. #TiconderogaCollections #OpeningTheVault https://fortticonderoga.pastperfectonline.com/archive/ED58C9F3-A069-4A75-ACE0-678748440855

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Ignite the spark of history! It was a great morning at our Maritime Boat Shed with Windsor Elementary! Rotating through interactive stations, the Maritime Artificer`s Apprentice program allows students to try their hand at carpentry, sail-making, and rigging.

Teachers, it`s not too late to book this program as part of your visit to Fort Ticonderoga! https://www.fortticonderoga.org/visit/groups/youth/learn-a-trade/

#LifelongLearning

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These tobacco pipe fragments were recovered in the 2006 Northeast Bastion excavations as part of work prior to the building of the Mars Education Center and recently cataloged by Jaron from Castleton University! Pipes were a major part of 18th-century life. Imported from Europe, these pipe fragments were made between the 1750s and the 1780s and highlight the importance of smoking tobacco to early North American militaries and general populations. As the pipe was smoked, the ends of the stems were broken off, either accidently or to expose a clean opening to smoke from. This would continue for 3 to 4 inches, after which the stem’s diameter was too wide to comfortably use. Today, we know the ill effects of tobacco, but in the 18th century individuals smoked tobacco for pleasure and at times was a remedy to common ailments. This can be seen in the frequency of tobacco smoking artifacts across historical North American sites, including Fort Ticonderoga. Other pipe artifacts found at Fort Ticonderoga show the extensive use of tobacco, including some pipe stems with tooth marks. #TiconderogaCollections #TiconderogaCollections #FortTiconderoga #18thcentury #pipes #history #archaeology #archeology #museumcollections