Arriving in New York harbor in June of 1756, the Regiment sailed up the Hudson to Albany for training at "Camp Mohock." By the campaign season of 1757 elements of the regiment were serving as the regular garrison at Fort William Henry in Lake George, NY where, overwhelmed by French forces under General Montcalm, they surrendered the fort in August. This siege and "massacre" of Fort William Henry w
as made famous by the novelist, James Fenimore Cooper in his book "The Last of the Mohicans" which was a fictionalized account. In addition to Fort William Henry, the 35th Regiment of Foot also garrisoned Fort Edward, approximately 15 miles to the south of Lake George. Throughout the North American Campaign of the Seven Years War, the Regiment saw action at the siege of Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and also at the Battles of Quebec and Montreal, finally ending their war service after participating in the sieges of Havana and Martinique in the Caribbean. After a stint as the garrison of Pensacola, Florida, what remained of the regiment returned to England in 1765.
