Henry Knox
Henry Knox was a soldier, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 25 July, 1750; died in
Thomaston, Maine, 25 October, 1806. He received a good education in the schools of
his native city, early exhibited a taste for military service. At twenty he began
business as a bookseller, he took sides warmly with the colonies in their controversy
with the mother country, and after the battles of Lexington and Concord
abandoned his business and hastened to join the army that was assembled at
Cambridge.
He fought gallantly in the battle of Bunker Hill, and when afterward joined
the army, he had the rank of colonel. While fighting in the city Washington found
himself embarrassed by the happiness of sufficient artillery, and young Knox
thought of the idea of obtaining a supply from Lake George and the forts on the
Canadian frontier. The long procession moved slowly, but at last it reached
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