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American Revolutionary War History
American Revolutionary War History
2775 - The Continental Congress dispatched Major General Philip John Schuyler to Ticonderoga and Crown Point. He was sent to examine the troops and their ability to navigate Lake Champlain and Lake George.
| "I am wearied to death all day with a variety of perplexing circumstances, disturbed at the conduct of the militia, whose behavior and want of discipline has done great injury to the other troops, who never had officers, except in a few instances, worth the bread they eat." - George Washington, in a letter to his nephew on September 30, 1776 |
