very first General PHILIP SCHUYLER rare 1810 engraving

Father-in-law of fellow patriot, Alexander Hamilton , a round of huzzahs for General PHILIP SCHUYLER. Having been proved right in departing from Ticonderoga with his force intact, he began the descretion as the better part of valor strategy. Early on it was far better for the Contentals to pick the ground and time of their choosing, a plan that George Washington would have to assume for years. As a member of the Continental Congress, that August body appointed him as Major General. George Washington placed him in command of the Northern Department of New York. Schuyler was on the road preparing the Canadian campaign of 1775-76 when ill health compelled him to turn over the field command of that expedition to the British-born American general Richard Montgomery, but he continued to fight in New York. In July 1777, Schuyler was blamed for the British capture of Fort Ticonderoga, and in August he was REPLACED in command by Major General Horatio Gates. Now, who in the heck calld that SHOT?! He requested a court marshal, and was subsequently acquitted. And whoever it was who appointed Gates, was in turn, committed.