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Today, episode 144, the Defense of Fort Ticonderoga.

Last week I introduced the leaders of the British Army

who were tasked with moving down from Canada

to Albany, New York. The commander, General Brigoyne's first goal was to

conquer Fort Ticonderoga, the Gibraltar of North America. Both sides seem to think that it was the key to the region.

It had been where French General Moncombe had defeated a massive British force under General Abercrombie during the French and Indian War.

In 1776, General Guy Carlton took one look at the fort and turned around, thinking it would take too long to lay siege to the fort that year.

The Americans in charge of the fort, however, had a very different view.

For starters, there was no united chain of command. General

Philip Schuyler was the senior general in command of the Northern Army. In fact,

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