Knox Expedition begins
12/05/1775 AD arrived
Knox commences what came to be known as The Noble Train of Artillery, hauling by ox-drawn sled 60 tons of cannon and other armaments across some 300 miles (480 km) of ice-covered rivers and snow-draped Berkshire Mountains to the Boston siege camps.
As the siege wore on, the idea arose that cannon recently captured at the fall of forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point in upstate New York could have a decisive impact on its outcome.
Knox is generally credited with suggesting the prospect to Washington, who thereupon put him in charge of an expedition to retrieve them even though Knox's commission had not yet arrived.
Ticonderoga (cdp), NY
Lattitude: 43.8486° N
Longitude: 73.423° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 43.8486° N
Longitude: 73.423° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
