Fort Ti 250th F&I War Battle

[ADK Ephraim]

Just returned from Fort Ti's reenactment of the battle of the French Lines Defense of Fort Carillon. Over 2000 reenactors spread between the two battle lines - over 65 British aligned units - Rangers, Regulars, militia, provincials, etc; many French units artillery and Indian warriors. Over a ton of powder expended in the nearly two hour battle - talk about the Fog of War! Fantastic Sutlers Row and a chance to see the now fully restored Fort courtyard with the newly completed French Magazine building. Unfortunately, about 39 minutes into the battle the rain began and by the end, it was a heavy downpour, followed by torrential rain shortly thereafter that soaked everything and everyone. Hope to post pictures later! This was a BIG ONE!!

 

[ADK Ephraim]

Here's some pictures from today's 250th F&I War Reenactment at Fort Ticonderoga! Enjoy ---

 

[jbg]

I just got back myself, and from your pictures of the French soldiers at the breastworks, I wasn't too far away from you. The battle was pretty good, although there seems to have been quite a few guys on both sides wearing kevlar instead of linen. :wink:
I was also surprised that many of the battle participants were able to keep their flintlocks firing in the downpour.
I picked up a few things, the sutlers were quite good. I was also pleasantly surprised at the amount of spectators. At $4+ a gallon of gas, I thought turnout would have been light.
And the rain? We parked at the Amtrak lot across from the entrance to the parking field, and walked all the way back to the car in the downpour. The money inside my wallet got wet, and I had a raincoat on!
But my autographed Robert Griffing book stayed dry. The lady(his wife?) wrapped it up in plastic and taped it quite securely. That alone was worth the trip and the rain.
I would imagine the rain had to hurt the sutlers. It cleared out pretty quickly after the battle. I hope they have better weather tomorrow.

 

[ADK Ephraim]

Hi jbg! I heartily agree, I saw no one on the ground at all, until the fog of BP smoke obscured most everything in front of the French Line! It was surprising that such an effective volley of fire was sustained by both sides during the rain. When my party walked back to Sutler's Row, the darn frogs were in the trees singing - what a downpour! There will be few dry souls in Ti tonight!!! I'm sure the Sutler's sales were badly hurt, as well. This evening's weather report for tomorrow was 40% chance of rain/Tstorms throughout tomorrow - that'll hurt!

 

[Thomas Dermako]

Dagnabit...
I manage to make it up to Ti once a year, but somehow manage to miss the reenactment. Was introduced to the fort when I was a kid - one of these days I'm going to retrace Robert Rogers' route from Crown Point. Glad y'all had a good time.

 

[PvtC]

Ah, to be slaugtered in the abatis, how glorious it was. We hurried up the path, muskets clubbed after the red flag of French surrender was seen. Alas we were shot down by La Reine. I fell then began crawling away screaming. A couple of Mass provincials carried me to the rear.

 

[Doc Rogers]

Just returned from Fort Ti's reenactment of the battle of the French Lines Defense of Fort Carillon. Over 2000 reenactors spread between the two battle lines - over 65 British aligned units - Rangers, Regulars, militia, provincials, etc; many French units artillery and Indian warriors. Over a ton of powder expended in the nearly two hour battle - talk about the Fog of War! Fantastic Sutlers Row and a chance to see the now fully restored Fort courtyard with the newly completed French Magazine building. Unfortunately, about 39 minutes into the battle the rain began and by the end, it was a heavy downpour, followed by torrential rain shortly thereafter that soaked everything and everyone. Hope to post pictures later! This was a BIG ONE!!

Man, you're not kidding about the rain!

I went on Friday with a friend and had a blast and went back on Saturday with the family and it was awesome to see the re-enactment. It started to rain a bit after the first 30-45 minutes. Then it started to rain steady, then it rained harder, and then it was downpouring.

At this point we were walking back to the cars and I remember saying those famous words to my father-in-law, "Well, at least it cannot rain any harder" and then, somehow, it DID rain harder.

Unbelievable. I had not been out in a rain storm like that for a long time.

But, even with the rain, it was not to be missed.

Awesome event!

Doc