Benedict Arnold's Navy Tour

	Site of the Catamount Tavern in Bennington, VT. It was at this tavern, meeting place of the Green Mountain Boys, that plans were made for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May of 1775
The view of Fort Ticonderoga and Rattlesnake Hill from Sugarloaf Hill. Fort Ticonderoga sits on the end of the peninsula on the left, Rattlesnake Hill is the peninsula to the right. The picture illustrates how the fort commands that narrow part of the lake. Rattlesnake Hill would later be known as Mount Independence, and Sugarloaf Hill would become Mount Defiance.
	The main gate at Fort Ticonderoga. Here, on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold surprised the lone guard, whose gun misfired, and chased him into the fort with no opposition.
The reconstructed parade ground at Fort Ticonderoga. The stairs directly behind the three guns are thought to be located where Allen and Arnold charged up and demanded the surrender of the fort.
	The author on the ramparts at Fort Ticonderoga. Research travel is one of the fringe benefits of this job.
A gun at Fort Ticonderoga aiming south up Lake Champlain. The French built the fort to resist a British advance from the south, which meant the fort was pointed the wrong way for the Americans to use it against the British coming down from the north.
	The replica gondola Philadelphia II at the terrific Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. The replica is far more weathered than the original ever was - the original did not survive long enough.
View of the deck of Philadelphia II
	A mortar that was hauled by Henry Knox from Ticonderoga to Boston then back again, then up to Canada and back. When it was test fired for use on board one of Arnold's gondolas, it burst. It is on display at Fort Ticonderoga.
A monument to Benedict Arnold and the men who fought at Valcour Island. In the background is the southern end of Valcour where the battle took place. By coincidence, this photo was taken on the 229th anniversary of the battle.
	Ferris Bay, known today as Arnold's Bay, where Arnold beached the remnants of his fleet on October 13, 1776 and burned them, with their flags still flying.
The author on Bemis Heights where the Americans erected earthworks to stop John Burgoyne's march to Albany. Burgoyne's attempt to dislodge them led to the two battles of Freeman's Farm, known collectively as the Battle of Saratoga. I am standing near where Arnold had his headquarters.
	Field artillery on Bemis Heights, still waiting for Burgoyne to come
Guns mounted at the Breymann Redoubt, looking down toward the spot where Arnold was shot in the leg in the last, wild charge of the day. That moment was the high point of Arnold's career - it was all down hill to the final tragic end from there.

	The monument to Arnold at the Breymann redoubt. The monument's sponsor could not bear to put Arnold's likeness on the monument, so he put the general's boot from the leg in which he was twice wounded. Arnold's name does not appear on this strange tribute either.