2-710-090 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Montcalm Trying To Stop The Massacre', (1877). French soldier Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (1712-1759) was commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War). In 1757, Montcalm captured British-held Fort William Henry, but Native Americans attacked as the garrison left, and many English prisoners were killed or kidnapped. From "Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time", Volume 1, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1877]