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Fort Amherst

Carleton’s Raid in 1780 Devastated Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties

September 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Map of Carleton's RaidThe 1780 Carleton Raid devastated the present-day New York State counties of Saratoga, Warren, and Washington. It was known as the “Great Burning” because many of the structures along the “Old Military Road” south of Fort George at the southern end of Lake George were destroyed.

British Maj. Christopher Carleton’s raid was part of a larger strategy that played out across upstate New York and Vermont. Together with Carleton’s raiders, Sir John Johnson swept across the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys, Col. John Munro attacked Ballston Spa, and Lt. Richard Houghton raided Royalton, Vermont during the autumn of 1780. [Read more…] about Carleton’s Raid in 1780 Devastated Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, carleton's raid, Essex County, Fort Amherst, Fort Ann, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Glens Falls, Kingsbury, Lake George, Military History, Queensbury, Saratoga County, Schuylerville, Warren County, Washington County

The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks

October 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

the revolutionary war in the adirondacks During the Revolutionary Era much of New York State was a heavily forested frontier, sparsely populated but bitterly divided.

Although the only major campaign in the Adirondacks would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war.

Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams details many of those frontier raids in her new book The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks: Raids in the Wilderness (Arcadia Publishing, 2020). [Read more…] about The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, American Revolution, carleton's raid, Fort Amherst, Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Fort George, Glens Falls, Joseph Brant, Kingsbury, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Military History, Queensbury, Saratoga County, Warren County, Washington County

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