List of the Weapons Captured at Ticonderoga

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Entrance to Court Yard, Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y." New York Public Library Digital Collections.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "The South Wall, Fort Ticonderoga" New York Public Library Digital Collections.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Henry Knox, 1750-1806." New York Public Library Digital Collections.

The six-pounder gun was one of the most popular light field pieces used in the Revolutionary War. The tube was mounted on a carriage consisting of a framework of timbers bolted together, which was pulled by horses or oxen. The gun fired solid cast iron balls in a low, relatively flat trajectory against cavalry and massed infantry. Other types of ammunition for field pieces were grape shot, a bundle of iron balls that could be used as a close range anti-personnel weapon, and canister, a metal case containing lead musket balls or iron scrap.

The historian James Holden provided a list of the artillery captured at Fort Ticondoroga and later sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to support the siege of Boston.

"“120 Iron Cannon [from 6 to 24 pounders]. 50 Swivels [light cannon]. 2 Ten-inch Mortars. 1 Howitzer. 1 Cohorn [light mortar]. 10 Tons of Musket Balls. 3 Cart Loads of Flints. 30 New Carriages. A considerable quantity of Shells. A warehouse full of material for boat building. 100 stands of Small Arms. 10 Casks of [very indifferent] powder. 2 Brass Cannon. 30 Barrels of Flour.”"

Recorded by James Holden

Sources

Bascom and Holden, pp. 24-25