September 11, 1775: One Siege Begins, Another Continues

Cover art for September 11, 1775: "Siege of Boston" wood engraving (detail), created 1879, artist not cited. via the New York Public Library digital collection.

As the winter of 1775 approached, George Washington had to think about the state of the siege of Boston. In short, housing and clothing thousands of men in a New England winter is a very different proposition than doing it in the summer.

So Washington convened his War Council to discuss the possibility of breaking the siege by attacking the city from a different direction.

Meanwhile up in Canada, General Philip Schuyler takes another run at Fort St. Jean.

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  1. […] to the Second Continental Congress but left to become a general in the Continental Army, where he was involved with the failed invasion of Quebec. His health forced him to turn command over to General Montgomery, and in 1777 he returned to […]

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