The Mohawk Valley Path Through History begins with the Revolutionary War - the sites and events related to this period in history.
British capture Forts Montgomery and Clinton
Sailing up the Hudson River to come to the aid of General Charles Cornwallis and the besieged British army at the Battle of Saratoga, General Henry Clinton and 3,000 British troops stop to launch an attack on Forts Clinton and Montgomery, in what is now Orange County, New York, in the early morning hours of October 6, 1777.