Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War trail in Western Massachusetts
By: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786462766
Subjects: Campaigns; Artillery operations; Travel; Military roads; History
Description: "During the winter of 1776, in one of the most incredible logistical feats of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox and his teamsters transported cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston to help drive British forces from the city. This history documents Knox's precise route and chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Indian path into a a war road"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: English fur traders, 1600s; title: King Philip's War, 1670s; title: Dutch fur traders, 1700s; title: The great road; title: Housatonic River Valley settled, 1730s and 1740s; title: Seven Years War, I: Fort Saint-Frederic (Crown Point) Campaign, 1755; title: Yorkers at odds; title: Seven Years War, II: Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) Expedition and Canada Reduction Campaign, 1758-1760; title: Roads less traveled; title: Compass and chain; title: Open rebellion, 1774-1783; title: War of Independence, I: Henry Knox, 1775-1776; title: War of Independence, II: John Burgoyne, 1777; title: Toward war's end, 1777-1789; title: Knox trail for the automobile age, 1920s; title: Re-enactors, 1942-2008; title: Roads scholars: search for the true Knox trail, 2010.