In 1757, during the French and Indian War, a large French and Native American force led by the Marquis de Montcalm besieged Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George. The British garrison under Lieutenant Colonel George Monro surrendered after a six-day siege on August 9th.
Although Montcalm offered the British “honors of war” allowing them to march to Fort Edward with their personal belongings, his Indigenous allies attacked the withdrawing British column in a notorious event known as the “Massacre” at Fort William Henry.
This week’s Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast welcomes back Russell P. Bellico for a discussion with Bruce Venter about Bellico’s extensive research of contemporary records about the British surrender of Fort William Henry and the stark carnage those documents depict.
You can listen to this podcast on the Alliance’s YouTube channel here.
The Lake George Battlefield Moments podcast is produced by the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, a friends group supporting the Lake George Battlefield Park Historic District in Lake George, Warren County, NY. All of the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance’s podcasts can be accessed through their YouTube channel.
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Illustration: Still from the 1992 movie Last of the Mohicans showing the surrender of Fort William Henry.
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