This tablet is erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York AD 1912 to commemorate the capture of Fort St. Frédéric and the erection of this fortress AD 1759 by the British and Provincial Army commanded by General Sir Jeffrey Amherst.

British Regiments

1st QR the Royal Regiment of Foot,

17th Regiment of Foot Forbes,

27th Inniskilling Regiment of Foot,

42nd Royal Highlanders – Black Watch,

55th Regiment of Foot – Prideaux,

77th Regiment Montgomery’s Highlanders,

80th Light Armed Regiment of Foot Gages,

Royal Artillery – Detachment of Sailors

Provincial Regiments

Col. Lyman’s – Connecticut,

Col. Whiting’s – Connecticut,

Col. Wortester’s – Connecticut,

Col. Willard’s – Massachusetts,

Col. Ruggle’s – Massachusetts,

Col. Lovell’s – New Hampshire,

Col. Schuyler’s – New Jersey,

Col. Babcock’s – Rhode Island,

Rangers and Indians

Marker can be reached from Grandview Drive, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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