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"Some of the intrenchments are still visible." - John Disturnell, 1857
After the American Revolution, numerous visitors curious to see the places that figured so prominently in the war for independence visited Mount Independence and recorded t…
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"The Generals have Fix'd on a spot . . . to be fortified." - Lt. Col. Matthias Ogden, July 19, 1776
On July 5, 1777, Thomas Anburey, who was traveling with British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne on Lake Champlain, observed as they approached Mount Ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCSB_foundation-1776-or-1777_Orwell-VT.html
This is one of the best-preserved stone foundations on Mount Independence. It was built during the Revolution, but historic maps and documents do not refer to it. Who built it? Did the Americans have time to build it during the two weeks in June 1…
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" . . . the possession of every thing here depends upon keeping the Command of the Water." - Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates, July 16, 1776
In front of you is Lake Champlain, at 120 miles long the sixth largest lake in the United States. For nearly 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCS7_southern-battery-1777_Orwell-VT.html
"began the works at 3 places on Mount Independence." - Col. Jeduthan Baldwin, June 20, 1777
On June, 1777, American Chief Engineer Jeduthan Baldwin wrote in his journal, "in the afternoon went with Col. Kosiusko to advise what works had best…
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"Our men built huts out of boards to protect themselves from the cold weather." - Lt. Von Hille, October 22, 1777
During the American occupation from July 1776 to July 1777, soldiers constructed a breastwork of logs and stone along the top of…
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"ordered a large Stoer House to be built." - Col. Jeduthan Baldwin, August 17, 1776
At least one of the storehouses constructed on Mount Independence during the Revolution stood in this area. Portions of the remaining stone foundations are dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCPQ_british-blockhouse-1777_Orwell-VT.html
"Blockhouses, none of them finished." - Lt. John Starke, Royal Navy, September 1777
After the British captured Mount Independence on July 6, 1777, their military engineers decided to build six new blockhouses to augment American-built defense…
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"I have also provided timber for two Blockhouses." - Col. Anthony Wayne, February 4, 1777
In the summer and fall of 1776 American forces concentrated on fortifying the northern point of the rocky Mount Independence peninsula, in anticipation o…
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" . . . the new Hospital . . . 250 long & 24 wide."- Rev. Enos Hitchcock, June 14, 1777
This shallow, dry-laid stone foundation was for the largest building at Mount Independence - a 250-foot long by 24-foot wide, two-story, wood frame General …