"Knox's Train"

The capture of Fort Ticonderoga provided the rebel army with much needed artillery for the Siege of Boston. The capitulation was only part of the task; Henry Knox's train transported the 59 pieces hundreds of miles before a shot could be fired. Through mud, snow, over lakes and across fields, only two guns were lost in a lake, yet even those were recovered.

Fort George December 12, 1775
Capt. Palmer, Sir.
I must beg that you would purchase or get made immediately 40 good strong sleds that will each be able to carry a long cannon clear from dragging on the ground and which will weigh 5400 pounds each & likewise that you would procure oxen or horses as you shall judge most proper to drag them. I think that you may be able to purchase sleds that are already made which by strengthening might Do - the sleds that they are first put upon are to go to camp near Boston - the Cattle as far as Albany or Kinderhook where we must get fresh ones.
Henry Knox

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