“A Fine Train of Artillery”: Henry Knox and the End of the Siege of Boston
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Mark the 250th anniversary of the return of the Knox expedition with fresh perspectives on its significance from historian and author J.L. Bell. On January 18, 1776, Gen. William Heath wrote, “Col. Knox, of the artillery, came to camp. He brought from Ticonderoga a fine train of artillery.” Those 54 guns would nearly double the size of the Continental artillery force. But Gen. George Washington and his commanders still had to figure out the best way to use their new ordnance before they could drive the British military out of Boston.
J.L. Bell is the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War and proprietor of Boston1775.net
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