Henry Knox had a brother named William. William accompanied Henry on the trip to Fort Ticonderoga to fetch the cannon for Washington's Army in the Winter of 1775-76. Henry was 25 at the time and in command of the mission. William was 19.
The city of Knoxville was named for Henry Knox, the first United States Secretary of War, not after James Knox Polk.
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William and Mary Knox are Henry's parents.
Henry Knox was responsible for bringing the 60 cannon the 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the Revolutionary War. He was the first Secretary of War for the United States and responsible for getting Washington's troop's across the Delaware. He was a bookstore owner in Boston (at the time of the Boston Massacre), and married to a woman whose parents were devout English loyalists. When the patriots drove the British out of Boston, in large part due to the cannon Knox got from Toconderoga, her parents left Boston and she never saw them again.
The candy that is named after young Fort Knox is a kind of chocolate coins. These coins are wrapped in gold foil and are named the Fort Knox Chocolate Coins.
Henry Knox had a brother named William. William accompanied Henry on the trip to Fort Ticonderoga to fetch the cannon for Washington's Army in the Winter of 1775-76. Henry was 25 at the time and in command of the mission. William was 19.
Knoxville, TN is named after him. As is the US military instillation Fort Knox, Kentucky (home of the Federal gold reserves).
The military site is located in Kentucky. The first Fort Knox, is located in Prospect, Maine and was constructed between 1844 and 1869. Fort Knox is a National Historic Landmark, named after the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox. Knox, resided in Maine until his untimely death, which resulted from complications arising from choking on a chicken bone.
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Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox is responsible for bringing cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. This occurred during the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
The city of Knoxville was named for Henry Knox, the first United States Secretary of War, not after James Knox Polk.
Henry Knox went to fort Ticonderoga for weapons and had a long 300 mile journey back to Boston
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Colonal Henry Knox , He retrieved the captured a British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.
Fort Knox is located in Kentucky.