This group of men knows as “Rogers’ Rangers” was first organized in 1756 when Robert Rogers was commissioned by Britain to form and train a group of men ably to perform in the conditions of the Northeast. The group originally consisted of thirty-five volunteers, fifteen Royal Americans from the New England Military, and six men selected by Rogers himself.

Rogers did not take this commission lightly. Being a woodsman since his boyhood he new his rangers needed to be properly trained for the conditions they would be performing in so he developed a Ranger concept to an extent never known before. He made a list of twenty-eight common sense rules and a set of standing rules stressing how operational tactics should be performed. Rogers would often surprise people by hi

On the fourth day of the patrol, March 13th the rangers headed toward Fort Ticonderoga. Unknown to Rogers and his men, the French at Ticonderoga had been reinforced by Sieur La Durantaye of the Companies Franche de la Marine with thirty French marines and 200 Iroquois and Nipissing Indians. The Indians returning north to Ticonderoga had crossed the trail of 200 men on snowshoes where the rangers had struck inland from the west shore of Lake George, Sieur La Durantaye's Indians could hardly be restrained.

There were also many other bloody and battles and skirmishes the rangers encountered in this area. None, however, was more bitterly contested than the action fought in the frozen woods on the west bank of Lake George in March of 1758 when Robert Rogers and his Rangers got into deep trouble a long way from home.

ring men based solely on how they followed his rules by using of Indians and freed slaves on his team.

The whole thing started when an order for a mid-winter strike of the French forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point was changed instead to a sequence of reconnaissance patrols to be conducted north to the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain. Captain Putnam was sent out first to make a patrol, and when they returned it was then Rogers Rangers turn to make their patrol.

This small and unrecognized battle is a prime example of how something small can contribute to something very big. Robert Rogers and his men will always be remembered for there relentless courage and determination. Without their contribution, the French and Indian War may have had a different outcome.

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