Patience and Perseverance: Six Years of British Assaults on French Canada

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This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Hudson River in upstate New York formed a strategic military corridor between the North American British and French colonies for centuries. In the 1750s, it was the setting for multiple British expeditions moving north to contest the French coming south from Canada via Lake Champlain. Because the fighting was seasonal, as were the garrisons of the forts and storage depots, the facilities had to be frequently rebuilt, and the entire supply chain had to be renewed annually to move tons of food and weapons by bateaux and ox cart to the front lines. Primary historic documents combined with data from excavations at multiple sites along the river between Albany and Lake Champlain have provided evidence to help re-create and understand this complex logistical supply chain and better illuminate the daily lives and experiences of eighteenth-century soldiers.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
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