Question: During the winter of 1776-1777, Simonds' Regiment of Militia was at a fort located in which US state ?
Context: Sparhawk's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 7th Worcester County Militia Regiment.  The Regiment took its name from its commander, Col. Nathan Sparhawk.  The regiment spent the winter of 1776-1777 with Gen. George Washington's main army at Morristown, New Jersey.  The regiment was again called up at Barre, Massachusetts on August 16, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign.  The regiment marched quickly to join John Stark at Bennington, Vermont and then to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York.  The regiment served in General Warner's brigade.  With the surrender of Burgoyne's Army on October 17 the regiment was disbanded on October 18, 1777. The 2nd Connecticut Regiment was authorized in the Continental Army on 16 September 1776.  It was organized between 1 January and April 1777 at Danbury, Connecticut of eight companies from the counties of Fairfield, Windham, and Hartford in the state of Connecticut and assigned on 3 April 1777 to the 1st Connecticut Brigade of the Highlands Department.  The regiment was reassigned to McDougall's Brigade on 12 June 1777; then three days later (15 June 1777 it was reassigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade.  One month later, 10 July 1777 the regiment was reassigned to 1st Connecticut Brigade.  On 13 November 1777 the regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade of the Main Continental Army.  On 1 May 1779 the 2nd Connecticut Brigade was reassigned to the Highlands department and the regiment was re-organized to nine companies on 11 July 1779.  The regiment was reassigned to the Main Continental Army on 16 November 1779.  It was reassigned to the Highland's department on 27 November 1780.  On 1 January 1781 the regiment was merged with 9th Connecticut Regiment, re-organized and re-designated as the 3rd Connecticut Regiment of the 1st Connecticut Brigade.  The regiment would see action in the New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth.  The regiment was furloughed 15 June 1783 at West Point, New York and disbanded on 15 November 1783. Simonds' Regiment of Militia also known as the 2nd Berkshire County Regiment was raised in Berkshire County, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War.  The Regiment was at Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1776-1777.  Simonds' Regiment was called up in the summer of 1777 during the Saratoga Campaign fighting at the Battle of Bennington with General John Stark's Brigade of New Hampshire Militia.  Many volunteers also joined the regiment at this time including William Easton, and the "Fighting Parson," Thomas Allen.  Simonds' Regiment attacked Friedrich Baum's redoubt from the south during the battle as Stickney's, Hale's and Hobart's attacked form the east and Nichols' attacked from the west.  The regiment would continue on to the Battle of Bemis Heights and the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's army.  The regiment would also be called up in response to Carleton's Raid and the Royalton Raid of 1780. Hale's Regiment of Militia also known as the 15th New Hampshire Militia Regiment was at Fort Ticonderoga during the spring and summer of 1776 reinforcing the Continental Army garrison.  The regiment was again called up on July 21, 1777 at Rindge, New Hampshire for Gen. John Stark's Brigade gathering at Charlestown, New Hampshire during the Saratoga Campaign.  On August 16, 1777 Hale's regiment along with Hobart's Regiment and Stickney's Regiment made the main attack on Friedrich Baum's redoubt during the Battle of Bennington as Nichols' attacked from the rear (west) and Simonds' attacked from the south.  Hale's Regiment would continue on in Stark's Brigade to cut off British Gen. John Burgoyne from retreat or supply after the Battle of Freeman's Farm.  The regiment was also part of Gen. John Sullivan's army at the unsuccessful Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. The 7th Massachusetts Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Continental Army.  It was constituted on 16 September 1776, and was originally known as Alden's Regiment after its first colonel, Ichabod Alden.  It was organized as seven companies of volunteers from across Massachusetts, and Mayhew's company from the 25th Continental Regiment during the later months of 1776.  The regiment was assigned to the Northern Department on 9 February 1777.  It was reassigned to the Highland's Department on 13 March 1777.  On 12 June 1777 it was assigned to 2nd Massachusetts Brigade and three days later, 15 June 1777, it was reassigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade.  The brigade was reassigned to the Northern Department on 1 July 1777 and the regiment was relieved from the brigade on 31 March 1778.  The regiment re-organized to nine companies on 25 September 1778 and reassigned to the Northern Department on 14 June 1779.  The regiment was reassigned to the New Hampshire Brigade of the main army on 23 August 1779.  On 14 November 1779, the regiment was reassigned to the 3d Massachusetts Brigade in the Highland Department.  On 1 January 1781, the regiment was reassigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade.  The regiment was furloughed on 12 June 1783 at West Point, New York and disbanded on 15 November 1783. Hobart's Regiment of Militia also known as the 12th New Hampshire Militia Regiment was called up on July 21, 1777 at Plymouth, New Hampshire for Gen. John Stark's Brigade gathering at Charlestown, New Hampshire during the Saratoga Campaign.  Hobart's Regiment along with Hale's and Stickney's Regiment would assault Friedrich Baum's redoubt from the front (east) during the Battle of Bennington as Nichols' attacked from the rear (west) and Simonds' attacked from the south.  Hobart's Regiment would continue on in Stark's Brigade to cut off British Gen. John Burgoyne from retreat or supply after the Battle of Freeman's Farm.  The regiment would be disbanded on October 26, 1777 in northern New York. The 1st Virginia State Regiment was a regiment of Virginia Militia that fought during the American Revolutionary War.  The regiment was authorized by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia in December 1776 as a force of regular troops for the Commonwealth's defense.  In 1777, Virginia had difficulty meeting its quota for the regular line of the Continental Army.  As a result, in July 1777 under the command of Colonel George Gibson, the regiment began a march North to temporarily join the Continental Army in the Philadelphia Campaign.  In January 1778, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act directing that the 1st Virginia State Regiment "now in Continental service, be continued in said service instead of the Ninth Virginia Regiment, made prisoners by the enemy in the Battle of Germantown."  The regiment camped at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78 and at Middlebrook in the winter of 1778-79 and participated in the Battle of Monmouth.  The regiment remained in the service of the Continental Army until late 1779 when redeployed Virginia.  Unlike the standard division of eight found in the regular line regiments of the Continental Army, the 1st Virginia State Regiment consisted of ten companies including one of light infantry. Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.  It was constructed by Canadian-born French military engineer Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière between October 1755 and 1757, during the action in the "North American theater" of the Seven Years' War, often referred to in the US as the French and Indian War.  The fort was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment or Mackay's Battalion was an American infantry unit that became part of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.  Authorized for frontier defense in July 1776, the eight-company unit was originally called Mackay's Battalion after its commander, Colonel Aeneas Mackay.  Transferred to the main army in November 1776, the unit was renamed the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment on 1 January 1777.  It completed an epic winter march from western Pennsylvania to New Jersey, though Mackay and his second-in-command both died soon afterward.  In March 1777 Colonel Daniel Brodhead IV assumed command.  The regiment was engaged at the Battles of Bound Brook, Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown in 1777.  A body of riflemen were detached from the regiment and fought at Saratoga.  Assigned to the Western Department in May 1778, the 8th Pennsylvania gained a ninth company before seeing action near Fort Laurens and in the Sullivan Expedition in 1778 and 1779.  The regiment consolidated with the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment in January 1781 and ceased to exist. Stickney's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 11th New Hampshire Militia Regiment, was at Fort Ticonderoga during the spring of 1777 reinforcing the Continental Army garrison.  The regiment was again called up on July 21, 1777, at Pembroke, New Hampshire for Gen. John Stark's Brigade gathering at Charlestown, New Hampshire during the Saratoga campaign.  Part of Stickney's Regiment under Lt. Col. Nataniel Emerson was sent to Otter Creek on August 4 to clear out any remaining Loyalists.  On August 16, 1777, Stickney's regiment, along with Hale's and Hobart's Regiment, made the main attack on Friedrich Baum's redoubt during the Battle of Bennington as Nichols' attacked from the rear (west) and Simonds' attacked from the south.  Lt. Col. Emerson's detachment arrived along with Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys in time to rout Heinrich von Breymann's reinforcements.  Stickney's Regiment would continue on in Stark's Brigade to cut off British Gen. John Burgoyne from retreat or supply after the Battle of Freeman's Farm.  The regiment would be disbanded on October 26, 1777, in northern New York.
Answer: New York