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Fort Ticonderoga was built by the French who originally named it Fort Carillon. In the years surrounding the Revolutionary War, it changed hands 7 times, controlled at various times by the French, the British, the Canadians, and the Americans. Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured this fort in 1775; shortly thereafter, an enterprising young officer named Henry Knox transported all the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Bunker Hill, Massachussetts, and used the artillery so effectively that the British were forced to abandon Boston. Later however (1777), the British Forces under General John Burgoyne re-captured the fort after hauling their own cannons to the top of Mount Defiance, threatening its destruction from a distinct vantage point. "Gentleman Johnnie" Burgoyne went on to defeat at Saratoga at the hands of Horatio Gates, Phillip Schuyler, Benedict Arnold and Daniel Morgan.
The reenactment portrayed here does not depict any actual battle, but shows how 18th century troops in America may have maneuvered for superiority in controlling a battlefield. In this instance, British Forces won the day. In actuality, none of the attacks on Fort Ticonderoga were fought on open ground - by necessity, these battles were conducted as sieges against a fort with 12 foot brick walls.
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