Ticonderoga Soldier Elijah Estabrooks Journal 1758-1760: A Massachusetts Provincial Soldier in the French and Indian War

by Harold a Skaarup, Frederick C Burnett (Foreword by)

Overview

This is Elijah Estabrook's story. He was a Massachusetts provincial soldier who fought Montcalm at Ticonderoga, a battle in the French and Indian War (1754-1763).

Elijah Estabrooks kept a journal between 1758 and 1760 covering his military service during the French and Indian War, a period that saw Canada ceded to Britain. Ticonderoga Soldier expands on the details of the people and events he mentions in his Journal. He lies buried near Jemseg, New Brunswick, and he was one of the earliest settlers on the Saint John River. This book is a tribute from one of his many descendants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595169467
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.74(d)

Table of Contents

	Dedication	v
	Epigraph	vii
	Table of Contents	ix
	List of Illustrations	xiii
	Foreword	xv
	Preface	xix
	Acknowledgements	xxi
	Introduction	xxiii
	Fort Carillon--Ticonderoga	1
	Setting the Stage for the Battle	3
	Military Tactics in the Seven Years War	8
	Elijah's Military Service	15
	Background to the French and Indian War	18
	Louisbourg and the Seven Years War	23
	William Pitt	28
	Background to the Estabrooks Family	34
	Massachusetts Provincial Soldiers	41
	Contribution of Massachusetts to the Seven Years War	44
	General Abercrombie	45
	Order of Battle of the English Army at Fort Ticonderoga, 08 July 1758	48
	Order of Battle of the French Army, Fort Carillon, 08 July 1758	51
	The Marquis de Montcalm	53
	Fort William Henry, 9th of August 1757	60
	Fort Carillon, June 1758	67
	Indian Allies of France	70
	Preparations	72
	Journal of Elijah Estabrooks, 1758-59-60	76
	The Big Picture	83
	Rogers' Rangers	90
	Standing Orders for Rogers' Rangers	93
	An Army Embarked	95
	Reconnaissance and Skirmish	101
	The Death of Lord Howe	115
	Plans and Deployments	122
	Into Battle	138
	A Second Assault	151
	View From the French Position	155
	Other Points of View	161
	Montcalm On Guard	179
	Counter-Reconnaissance	183
	List of French Officers Killed or Wounded in the 8th of July Battle	186
	Withdrawal	189
	Major Putnam's Capture	193
	Scouting Expedition	198
	Aftermath	202
	Elijah's Service in the Halifax Campaign, 1759-1760	211
	The 1759 Campaign in Quebec	217
	The Plains of Abraham	224
	The Loss of Wolfe and Montcalm	233
	After the Battle	236
	Halifax	239
	Elijah after the War	255
	Elijah's Gravesite	269
	Elijah's Descendants	272
	Epilogue	287
	Afterword	289
	About the Author	291
	Bibliography	295