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Fort William Henry

1755–1757 · 18th century

Fort William Henry was a British fort built in 1755 at the southern end of Lake George in New York. In August 1757 the Marquis de Montcalm besieged and took it, and after the surrender Native allies of the French attacked the departing column of soldiers and civilians, killing or capturing many of them, an episode made famous by the novel The Last of the Mohicans. The French then destroyed the fort.

Fort William Henry
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fort William Henry. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-william-henry
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The Epoch Institute. “Fort William Henry.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-william-henry.
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