Description: The Mount Independence-Hubbardton 1776 Military Road (Vermont) by Joseph and Mabel Wheeler Hardcover 1968 First Edition in very good condition with clean pages and tight binding (as pictured) Free shipping anywhere in the United States Synopsis: Excellent resource for Vermont historians and local genealogists. The Hubbardton Military Road was originally a trail cut through the wilderness of western Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War to connect fortifications on Lake Champlain with existing roads and frontier settlements, so that the Continental Army could be reinforced and supplied. The road stretched about 35 miles from the fortifications on Mount Independence in today's Orwell, Vermont, to Rutland (today's "Center Rutland") where it joined an older military road that ran diagonally from the ruins of the originally British fort Crown Point southeast to the Fort at Number 4 on the Connecticut River in Charlestown, New Hampshire. The Hubbardton Military Road was constructed in the fall of 1776 under orders from patriot Major General Horatio Gates. On July 6, 1777, most of the Continental Army's Northern Department, stationed on either side of Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, retreated on the road and were pursued by British and German troops, culminating in a rear guard action, the Battle of Hubbardton, on the morning of July 7. After the war, this supply road was abandoned by the military and became farmland and forest. Although most of the route is known, local historians continue to study maps and terrain seeking to understand obscure details.
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Book Title: The Mount Independence Hubbardton 1776 Military Road (Vermont)
Book Series: Military Ser.
Publisher: Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont
Item Length: 9 in
Original Language: English
Brand: Unbranded
Publication Year: 1968
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Item Height: 0.3 in
Author: Joseph L. Wheeler, Mabel A. Wheeler
Genre: History, Vermont History, Revolutionary War in Vermont, Battle of Hubbardton, Vermont Genealogy, American Genealogy, Revolutionary War
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / State & Local / New England Vermont, Vermont History, Vermont Genealogy, Revolutionary War Genealogy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 351
