September 11, 1775: One Siege Begins, Another Continues

As the winter of 1775 approached, George Washington had to think about the state of the siege of Boston. In short, housing and clothing thousands of men in a New England winter is a very different proposition than doing it in the summer. So Washington convened his War Council to discuss the possibility of breaking the siege by attacking the city from a different direction. Meanwhile up in Canada, General Philip Schuyler takes another run at Fort St. Jean. The post September 11, 1775: One Siege Begins, Another Continues appeared first on 250 and Counting.