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The French built Fort Carillon from 1755 to 1758. General James Abercrombie was defeated there by the Marquis de Montcalm on July 8, 1758. Sir Jeffery Amherst captured it on July 27, 1759, and renamed it Fort Ticonderoga. Ethan Allen captured it on May 10, 1775. Sir John Burgoyne captured it on July 6, 1777. Colonel John Brown was repulsed there by General Powell on Sept. 18, 1777.
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Ticonderoga, New York · United States
