Valcour Island

You hear that kind of come up a lot.

Also on the show, the remains of Continental soldiers who died in the Battle of Valcour Island were laid to rest in Saratoga County 250 years after the conflict.

We had these human remains.

We wanted to do something.

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250 years after the Battle of Valcour Island, the remains of Continental Army soldiers who died in the conflict have been laid to rest in Saratoga County.

The New York Public News Network's Aaron Shelley Levine reports.

For his bravery and sacrifice, Arnold was promoted to Brigadier General, and for a time, he lived up to it.

In seventeen seventy-six at Lake Champlain, he oversaw the construction of a small fleet and delayed a massive British invasion force with a desperate naval battle at Valcour Island.

He lost, but his delaying action bought the revolution another year.

In seventeen seventy-seven, during the Saratoga campaign, Arnold again proved indispensable.

And we have a

preview of this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, featuring more than 20 replica boats.

All that's coming up on Northern Light.

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We'll get a preview of this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain.

Plus, we'll take a look at the outdoor recreation conditions with John Warren of the New York Almanac.

He knew that the British commander, General Guy Carleton, was too cautious to move until the winds were in his favor, and that Carleton would not leave an enemy fleet in his rear while proceeding down to Fort Ticonderoga.

Valcour Island was a small island just off the west coast of Lake Champlain.

The point of entry from the northern part of the island was into the narrow water between the island and the western shore.

It was too full of rocks and debris for most of the large British ships to enter.

This would give Arnold's fleet time to demolish each ship as it entered without having to face the entire British fleet at once.

As expected, Carleton did wait for good weather and a favorable northerly wind before proceeding south on October 10th.

That night, the British fleet lay at anchor just a few miles north of Valcour Island.

The next morning, they sailed right past Valcour Island.

The United States had to use guerrilla tactics, and by all accounts, Benedict Arnold was really good at this.

He employed this at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, which again gave the American forces time to defend the colony of New York.

um his performance in the battle of richfield in connecticut uh led to his promotion to major general um he provided a relief if you will uh maneuvers during the siege of fort stan stanwix which is where he actually got And then later he got injured during the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.

But it's during this period of time, Nia, that you begin to see why Benedict Arnold considered defecting to Great Britain.