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The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point to the Continental Army camp outside Boston, Massachusetts early in the American Revolutionary War.
In the winter of 1775–76, young bookseller Henry Knox undertook a nearly-impossible feat in just 56 days: transporting 62 tons of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga in New York over 300 arduous miles to the Continental Army’s encampment outside Boston.
But it is also a field guide to the Knox Trail as it exists today—a heritage trail that runs across New York State from Fort Ticonderoga to Hillsdale, and through Massachusetts from the State Line to Boston. The History of the Knox Cannon Expedition - 1776. General Henry Knox - A Brief Biographical Sketch.
The noble train of artillery, also known as the Knox Expedition, was an expedition led by Continental Army Colonel Henry Knox to transport heavy weaponry that had been captured at Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army camps outside Boston during the winter of 1775–76.
Dec 16, 2009 · Through this place passed the noble train of artillery delivered from Fort Ticonderoga to General George Washington by Major General Henry Knox and placed at Dorchester Heights by General John Thomas forcing Boston's freedom and the evacuation of British troops On March 17, 1776.
For children of ages, this sing-along ballad tells the amazing Revolutionary War story of Henry Knox fetching 58 cannon and other heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga in Upstate New York and transporting them over rivers and through the snow to Cambridge, then Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
In a decisive stroke, as winter set in, Washington dispatched Henry Knox, a young Boston bookseller, to organize the transport of fifty-nine of these captured artillery pieces from the forts on Lake Champlain to the heights overlooking Boston, where, it was hoped, they would turn the tide against the British in the city below.
After the capture of Boston, Knox helped place Connecticut and Rhode island in proper defense, in preparation for the return of the British. Washington took his forces to defend New York. Knox joined the army there, as the British fleet arrived in New York, with men numbering 30,000.
Where It Began – The Henry Knox Trail. The gateway to an adventure could be at your doorstep. We pass them on the road every day. Historical markers in all shapes and sizes. Do you notice them? I do, but what’s written seems always too long or too small to read from my car at a glance.
Jun 19, 2023 · In charge of artillery for the Continental Army, Colonel Henry Knox was given the task to bring cannon captured from the forts in Crown Point and Ticonderoga to Boston. (A historical marker located in Albany in Albany County, New York.)
