Friday, September 25, 2026 – 8am to 5pm
Leaving from Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Our Tour Leader: Dr. Bruce Venter
Registration Fee: $195
Fort Ticonderoga and America’s History will partner again this year to offer a one-day Revolutionary War tour in connection with the Fort’s 22nd Annual American Revolution Seminar. This is a new tour created especially for the Fort Ticonderoga Seminar.
This tour takes place on the Friday of Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar. Please see www.fortticonderoga.org for the seminar program and details. You may take the “Behind Enemy Lines” tour without attending the seminar.
In September 1777 during Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s campaign to capture Albany, American militia commanded by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln staged a daring raid on the British army’s supply line from Fort Ticonderoga to Lake George and Skenesborough. It is one of the most unappreciated operations of the campaign.
Although the Pawlet Expedition had some successes and some failures, in the main, it created major consternation in Burgoyne’s mind, forcing him to roll the dice in a failed attempt to turn the left flank of Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates’ army at Bemis Heights. Burgoyne’s defeat on October 7, 1777 paved the way for an ultimate retreat back to Saratoga (Schuylerville, NY) and the surrender of his army on October 17.
During this tour we will trace the march of Col. John Brown’s force from Pawlet to Ticonderoga Landing and Mount Defiance, Col Samuel Johnson’s attack on Mount Independence, and Col. Benjamin Woodbridge’s actions at Skenesborough. We will take a boat ride to interpret Brown’s attack by water on the British supply depot on Diamond Island. Weather permitting (for docking purposes), we will land on the island, unlike Col. Brown, to see it from the British perspective.
We will return to Fort Ticonderoga in time for you to attend the opening session of Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar. This is a unique tour that will inform you about a seemingly overlooked aspect of the Saratoga campaign.
Other important information: This tour is limited to 39 participants, so please register early. A minimum of 20 participants is needed to run the tour. This is a land and water tour. The bus will leave the main parking lot of Fort Ticonderoga at 8:00 a.m. and return by about 5:00 p.m. Check Fort Ticonderoga’s American Revolution Seminar information for hotels in the Ticonderoga area.
What’s included: Motor coach transportation, a boat ride to Diamond Island, lunch, snack and beverage breaks, all admissions and gratuities, a map and materials package and the services of a tour leader selected for his knowledge and expertise on this topic. Of course, Lynne’s world famous brownies will be onboard.
Our Tour Leader: Dr. Bruce Venter, president of America’s History, LLC is an experienced tour leader of the Colonial and Revolutionary War period. He is the author of The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America and an article entitled “Behind Enemy Lines: Americans Attack Burgoyne’s Supply Line.” Bruce & Lynne Venter are the purveyors of the nationally acclaimed “premier” conference on the American Revolution in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Register by phone, e-mail or postal mail:
- Phone: 1-703-785-4373
- Email us at: info@AmericasHistoryLLC.com
- Postal mail: America’s History LLC, P. O. Box 1076, Goochland, VA 2306
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