1712 - - - 1759

Near this spot stood Louis-Joseph de Gozon Marquis de Montcalm on the 8th of July 1758. With a small force of French troops and Canadian volunteers, he prevented the capture of Fort Carillon by defeating a much superior British and Colonial army under General James Abercrombie

This monument erected

in 1927 to honor a brave

and gallant gentleman

Marker can be reached from Sandy Redoubt, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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