A place called Ticonderoga

[alikws]

Last summer, at the end of June was a reenactment of the attack on Ticonderoga. Howe had been killed in a skirmish, so Abercrumbie had to take a best guess at what the plan was and implement it. The french built a log breastworks at a pinch point, used brush to slow down and funnel attackers into dead ends. Only the Black Watch managed to clear the breastworks, but took heavy casualties in the process.

In the camps


Reconstructed French lines


The tangle


British regulars


Rangers


The Black Watch


Painting up


The French in position


More to come

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for the pics. A five-great grandfather was at Ticonderoga later in Nov 1776 reinforcing the place. He was with the New Hampshire Militia. Nice to see the pics of the place.

Ron

[alikws]

Getting into position


First shots fired


Things begin to heat up


The Black Watch advancing


At this point the rain got heavy, about 2 inches of rain fell in 45 minutes

The Black Watch in the abatis


At this point it was too wet to try to get more pictures
The British camps and sutlers were pretty well flooded out, with standing water in many camps.

Heading back


The mud was deep


Drying out in the French camps


The rain drove many people off, the battle was repeated Sunday, with maybe 2/3'rds the people and beautiful weather, but I got no pictures that day.

[SFCRick]

Wonderful pics

[Jack Daw]

Wonderful! I need to get up there someday and see for myself. Thanks for the pics.

[7 miles]

Thank you for those,

[Woodsheal]

That was a great event! Attacking those French entrenchments was awesome. They mowed us down in fine style!
The heavy rain late on Saturday hit the Highlanders particularly hard, as they were set up on low ground in the British camp. The poor laddies had about a foot of water in their tents.
Thanks for the pics...!

[Mipi]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[sathor]

Funny thing, the first pic the first thing that pops into my mind "Brittish rev war infantry tents! And lots of em!"

I have one in my mom's shed. Built like a rock, it is.

[GMan]

Those are wonderful shots.