Monument to the Marquis de Montcalm

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $5.95
Original Price: $11.95

Stock #:307944
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Fort Ticonderoga
State: New York (NY)
County: Essex
Publisher: C.T. Art Colortone
Postmark City: Pottersville
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Tablet near the French Lines at Fort Ticonderoga to the Marquis de Montcalm. "1712/1759. Near this spot stood Louis-Joseph de Gozon Marquis de Montcalm on the 8th of July, 1758. with a small force of French Troops and Canadian Volunteers he prevented the capture of Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) by defeating a much superior British and Colonial Army under General James Abercrombie. This monument erected in1927 to honor a brave and gallant gentlemen."

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