Plan of Carillon or Ticonderoga, by Capt. du Chesnoy and General Lafayette, 1777.
Fort Ticonderoga had been built at a formidable point near the confluence of Lake Champlain and Lake George. On July 5-6, 1777, as Burgoyne's army approached, the Americans abandoned the fort without firing a shot. Burgoyne continued south through the wilderness and reached the edge of the Hudson River by August.
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