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Historian recounts bold 1775 Ticonderoga raid and Knox's cannon expedition
Summary
John McEnroe told the crowd how Patriot forces captured Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775, seizing more than 100 artillery pieces and setting the stage for Henry Knox's winter transport of about 59 cannons to Boston.
John McEnroe detailed the May 10, 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga, stressing the fort's strategic value and its stores of artillery. McEnroe said the fort "sat more than a 100 cannons, mortars, and heavy guns" and described how the seized weapons would later be critical to operations around Boston.
McEnroe walked through the operation — a pre-dawn assault that took the fort largely by surprise — and recounted Henry Knox's later effort to move artillery to Boston. "During the 300 mile winter expedition from Ticonderoga to Boston, Knox's men only lost 1 single small gun," McEnroe said, noting that Knox retrieved about 59 cannons and that the movement helped shift the balance in early Revolutionary War operations.
