Retracing Henry Knox’s Sled Tracks

Journey through history with our expert-guided bus tour led by Phillip Hamilton, a distinguished historian specializing in Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War. This immersive experience follows portions of Henry Knox’s sled tracks in the winter of 1775-76.

Henry Knox’s Sled Tracks

Knox performed a logisical miracle when he and his team hauled 60 tons of artillery captured at Fort Ticondoeroga to Boston from December 1775 to March 1776. Washington famously had the guns mounted on Dorchester Heights and aimed at the British forces occupying Boston. They left quickly.

The bus tour traces Henry Knox’s sled tracks from Fort Miller to the Mohawk River. It commemorates the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Henry Knox Noble Train of Artillery.

This once-in-a-lifetime tour includes a box lunch and offers an incredible opportunity to journey through the historic sites where patriots shaped our nation’s future.

Knox’s noble train of artillery

About the Bus Tour

The once-in-a-lifetime tour will leave from the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitors Center, 30 Ferry St., Schuylerville, N.Y.

Philip Hamilton, a professor of history at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, will lead the tour. He has written the acclaimed book, “The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox.” Hamilton also wrote “The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family: The Tuckers of Virginia, 1752-1830.” He is currently working on a new biography of Henry Knox.

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