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Lake George, New York
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By James P. Millard
"Here Sept. 8, 1755 (Battle of
Lake George) the Colonial forces under Lieut. Col. Cole
checked the hitherto successful advance of Baron Dieskau
and his allies, changing the British rout into ultimate
Near this spot Oct. 11, 1780 Major Christopher Carleton and his band of Regulars, Tories and Indians, defeated with great loss, Captain John Sill and an American detachment from Fort George forcing the surrender of that station."
Erected 1905 by NYS Historical Association
(click on the small images to see a full size photo)
Note: These markers and monuments are photographed as they
stand in Lake George. In keeping with our policy of always wanting to maintain
the strictest of accuracy in the information available, we do want to point out that archaeologist David R. Starbuck maintains that
this is not the actual "Bloody Pond."
This view is not universally held. Some still maintain this is the original location.
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