Question: During the winter of 1776-1777, Simonds' Regiment of Militia was at a fort located in which US state ?

 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. 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. <SEP> 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. <SEP> Simonds' Regiment of Militia also known as the 2nd Berkshire County Regiment was raised in Berkshire County, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War.  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 was at Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1776-1777.  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. <SEP> 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.