Bloody Pond

On Sept. 8, 1755, during the Battle of Lake George, colonial forces under Lieut. Col. Cole checked the previously successful advance of Baron Dieskau and his allies, turning an English rout into ultimate victory. On the evening of the same day, Capt. Mc Ginnis, assisted by Capt. Folsom with 200 New York and New Hampshire men, attacked 300 Canadians and Indians encamped near the pond for the night; after a desperate struggle, the French force was almost annihilated. More than 200 bodies rolled into the pool, staining its waters red and giving it its name, and in this conflict Rogers made his debut as a soldier. Near this spot on 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.

Lake George, New York · United States