Friday, September 23, 2022 (8:00am to 5:00pm)
Departure: Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Led by: Patrick Niles and Bruce Venter
Registration Fee: $135.00 Cash or Check – $141.00 Credit Card
The 1780 Carleton Raid devastated the present-day New York State counties of Saratoga, Warren, and Washington. It was known as the “Great Burning” because most of the structures along the “Old Military Road” were destroyed. British Maj. Christopher Carleton’s raid was part of a larger strategy that played out across upstate New York and Vermont. Together with Carleton’s raiders, Sir John Johnson swept across the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys, Col. John Munro attacked Ballston Spa, and Lt. Richard Houghton raided Royalton, Vermont during the autumn of 1780.