THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Marie Danielle Annette Williams
Much of the American Revolution was fought in what is today’ southern Adirondack region, which at the time was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk War Chief Joseph Brant led a motley crew of “irregular’s” known as Brant’s Volunteers in chaotic raids against patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.
Much of the American Revolution was fought in what is today’ southern Adirondack region, which at the time was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk War Chief Joseph Brant led a motley crew of “irregular’s” known as Brant’s Volunteers in chaotic raids against patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.
Much of the American Revolution was fought in what is today’ southern Adirondack region, which at the time was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk War Chief Joseph Brant led a motley crew of “irregular’s” known as Brant’s Volunteers in chaotic raids against patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.