On October 11, 1776 during the Battle of Valcour Bay one of the cannon aboard the gunboat New York exploded, killing Patriot sailor Thomas Rogers and injuring his crewmen Jonas Holden and Daniel McCay.
Most of the original cannon pieces are at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, VT, but new explorations of the Valcour battle area have just uncovered the last major piece of the exploded cannon. [Read more…] about ‘Last’ Piece of Battle of Valcour Bay Exploded Cannon Discovered