Knox Carried Cannons Really Far
This is so wild. Knox and a troop of men carried about 120,000 pounds of cannons 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in 2 months. Because of this amazing feat, the American troops had cannons to surprise attack the British.
The map below isn’t the exact course, but follows the approximate path of Knox and his troops. They carried the cannons over Lake George on boats. Then, they pulled the cannons on sleds over snow and over frozen rivers. There is a lot more to this. Read “1776″ by David McCullough for more details. (I haven’t finished the book, but McCullough is an awesome storyteller.)
Here’s the link in case the route doesn’t show on the map below:
Map