(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Wildly optimistic, Knox thought he could be back in Boston with the artillery in a couple of weeks. But using horses and oxen to pull many tons of cannon through the mountains and woods in the dead of winter was not easy. A cannon and sled broke through the ice at one point. They dragged it out of the frozen lake with the help of men from a nearby town.
All the cannons were delivered to General Washington in January, a truly amazing feat for the 25-year-old who organized and managed it. You could say it changed the course of history.
Overnight on March 4, all the artillery was transported to the high ground overlooking Boston, to Dorchester Heights. Cannon ball rained down on the British. They evacuated the city on March 17.
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