On this day 250 years ago in Montreal, Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold and his command of 300 Continental soldiers abandoned Montreal and retreated to St. John’s joining the rest of the Continental Army retreating from Canada. Arnold carried shipbuilding tools and lumber with him to construct a fleet on Lake Champlain.

Source: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/june-1776/

On this day 250 years ago on Long Island in Charlestown Harbor, South Carolina, General Henry Clinton and 500 British soldiers landed to prepare to attack the American fort on Sullivan’s Island. Long Island and Sullivan’s Island were separated by a narrow inlet that Clinton understood could be waded at low tide.

Source: https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/fort-sullivan-charlestown/

{note I wrote today’s blog in California so it posted on June 9 here, but June 10 on the East Coast]