Boston Patriot Henry Knox Arrives at Fort Ticonderoga on December 6, 1775 to Transport 59 Canons Back to Boston
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia On December 5, 1775, Boston bookseller and young patriot Henry Knox (1750-1806) arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York, to transport 59 cannons and assorted artillery and ammunition back to Boston to use against the British forces who had captured the town. Knox was the mastermind and commander of what became known as the Noble Train of Artillery, a 300 mile trek across a frozen landscape in the dead of winter. Knox and his men dragged the arsenal across hills and mountains, frozen lakes and fields, on boats and sleds, with horse and oxen, through dozens of small villages in eastern New York and across all of Massachusetts until they arrived at their destination. His younger brother John Knox, age 19, was also on the expedition. Knox and his team of patriots, which included his youngest brother John, dragged the cannons across the frozen landscape of eastern New York and western Massachusetts, finally arriving in Cambridge on January 24, 1776. ...