Month: July 2022

Quote of the Day on the Trapped on the 18th century blog

James Thacher about abandoning Fort Ticonderoga

Doctor James Tacher (1754-1844), surgeon of the Continental Army documented his life and work during the Revolutionary War. He witnessed may pivotal moments of this big historical event. He was there, when General Arthur St. Clair abandoned Fort Ticonderoga on 5th July 1777. Here it is, what Thacher wrote in his journal about that day