Identifier: magazineofamericv11stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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ain Lake, which, for nearly two centuries, had beenthe scene of long campaigns and desperate battles. On the 6th of Septem-ber the invading army appeared before the first of these barriers, effecteda landing, and defeated an Indian ambuscade; but Schuyler, deceived inregard to the strength of the garrison of St. Johns, and the disposition ofthe Canadians and Indians, fell back to Isle aux Noix, which he com-menced fortifying, and then hastened to Ticonderoga for reinforcements.In reporting these transactions to Congress, General Schuyler says: Icannot estimate the obligations I lie under to General Montgomery for themany important services he has done and daily does, and in which he has * Among these troops was one Quackenbosh, who invariably asked for a leave of absence whenany firing was heard, his courage, like Bob Acres, immediately oozing out. Montgomery remarkedto his captain : I think this quake-in-t he-bush had better at once be discharged. 282 MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY
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MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY 283 had little assistance from me, as I have not enjoyed a moments healthsince I left Fort George, and am now so low as not to be able to hold apen. In consequence of this sickness Schuyler retired to Albany, the com-mand of the whole invading force devolving upon Montgomery, who hesi-tated not a moment, but abandoning his island intrenchments, was, on the18th of September, again before St. Johns, of which he began the invest-ment and siege. Having accomplished the first as best he could, he beganthe latter, but soon found his«mortars defective, his artillery too light forbreaching, his ammunition scanty, his artillerists unpracticed, his engineerincompetent, the ground too wet and swampy for trenches, the weathercold and rainy, malaria producing much sickness, and his troops disaffectedand insubordinate.* To escape these unfavorable circumstances, Mont-gomery proposed to move to the north-west side of the fort, where theground was firm, and from ther

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