Fort+Ticonderoga

=Fort Ticonderoga= Article by Joshua Scott During the American Revolution this fort became the site of a battle in June of 1777. This occured when **British General Burgoyne** led his troops against the fort which had been previously captured by **Benedict Arnold** and the Continental Army. The early capture of this fort by the **Green Mountain Boys** provided the early Continental Army with critical equipment to the cause such as cannons and other weapons which were later transfered from the fort to Boston and the front lines. During the middle of the Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga was used as a gateway and staging area for the Continental Army during the battle for Quebec City. However, after an initial push by the Continental Army during the **siege of Quebec City**, the British brought reinforcements and pushed the Continentals all the way back to Ticonderoga. The only thing that stopped them from immediately taking the fort was winter, which forced the British and the Continentals to ceasefire and weather the harsh conditions. In charge of the defense of Fort Ticonderoga was **General Horatio Gates**, who quickly realized that he didn't have the man power to defend all the parts of the fort. Therefore, he made the decision to move some of his troops and abandon **Mount Defiance**, which was the high ground next to the fort. This decision proved costly as in March the British, and the hessian mercenaries, led by General Burgoyne took this high ground without a fight and placed cannons on top in order to bombard the defenses of Fort Ticonderoga. In order to avoid the slaughter that would surely come from this bombardment Gates and his men left the fort and the British troops moved in the next day, occupying the fort and its surroundings. Soon after the **battle of Saratoga** and the defeat of the British at the **battle of Yorktown**, the British forces occupying the fort left as it was no longer militarily relevant for them to hold. After leaving the fort in 1777 the British burned and destroyed as much of the fort as they could in order to ensure that the Continental Army would never be able to use it as an effective stronghold again. After the Revolutionary War the remnants of the fort were restored and it was turned into a museum which still stands today. In 1960 Fort Ticonderoga was named a **National Landmark**, and the infamous Mount Defiance was added to the **National Register of Historic Places**.
 * Fort Ticonderoga** was a military fort of great significance during the Revolutionary and French and Indian Wars. Fort Ticonderoga was built during the eighteenth century between Lake Champlain and Lake George in New York, the actual word Ticonderoga comes from the Iroquois word "Cheonderoga "which roughly means the place between two waters. The first battle fought at Fort Ticonderoga was during the French and Indian War. This was during the battle of Charillon, which was the original name of the fort which was the name given to it by the french who originally constructed it. The french built this as one of a series of forts around Lake Champlain to help them control the lake.