Knox's artillery reaches Cambridge
- When
- January 24, 1776
- Where
- Cambridge arrival point, regional context of Boston
- Part of
- Evacuation of Boston
Knox hauled captured Ticonderoga cannons to Cambridge in January 1776; the guns later fortified Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston harbor.
Between November 1775 and February 1776, Colonel Henry Knox and a team of engineers used sledges to retrieve 60 tons of heavy artillery captured at Fort Ticonderoga, crossing the frozen Hudson and Connecticut rivers in a difficult, complex operation. The train arrived at Cambridge on January 24, 1776. The cannons subsequently fortified Dorchester Heights, which overlooked Boston harbor; the passages do not date the fortification to the arrival itself.
Sources
- Siege of Boston Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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