. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... e woods,and a week laterreached Fort Edwardwith his exhaustedtroops. General Schuylerhad advanced to FortEdward with a forceof five thousand men, nearly all of whom were militia. Many werewithout arms, and there was a woefulscarcity of ammunition and provisions in hiscamp. Schuyler was joined here by the rem-nant of Saint Clairs command, and as Bur-goyne had halted for a few days at the headof Lake Champlain, which was twenty-fourmiles distant from Fort Edwa
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... e woods,and a week laterreached Fort Edwardwith his exhaustedtroops. General Schuylerhad advanced to FortEdward with a forceof five thousand men, nearly all of whom were militia. Many werewithout arms, and there was a woefulscarcity of ammunition and provisions in hiscamp. Schuyler was joined here by the rem-nant of Saint Clairs command, and as Bur-goyne had halted for a few days at the headof Lake Champlain, which was twenty-fourmiles distant from Fort Edward, Schuyler sethis men to work to obstruct the road betweenthose two points by felling trees across it andby destroying bridges. So thoroughly was this work done that Burgoynes army con-sumed a fortnight in its advance from Skenes-borough tothe Hudson. It reached the neigh-borhood of Fort Edward on the twenty-ninthof July. Schuyler at once abandoned the fort,and fell back to Saratoga, from which hemoved to Stillwater, near the mouth of theMohawk. The loss of Ticonderoga and the northernforts was regarded by Congress as an evidence. RUINS OF FORT TICONDEROGA. of the incapacity of Schuyler and his subor-dinates, and so little allowance was made (orthe serious disadvantages under which thoseofficers labored, that Congress ordered all thenorthern generals to be recalled and theirconduct investigated. It was not until Wash-ington called the attention of Congress to thefact that a compliance with this order wouldleave the northern army without officers, thatthat body consented to suspend its unwisedecree. 422 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. The prejudice against Schuyler, thoughunjust, was deep, and his removal from hiscommand was resolved upon. Washingtondeclined to deprive him of his command, ashis confidence in Schuyler was unshaken, andCongress took the matter in its own hands.* The eastern influence prevailed, says Irv-ing, and Gates received the appointment solong the object of his a
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