Arnold's March to Quebec
LATE in the summer of 1775, General Schuyler moved against Canada by the way of Lake Champlain; and, to meet this attack, General Carleton, the British Governor, concentrated his forces near Montreal. At this time Washington felt able to spare a portion of the troops besieging Boston, and he concluded to dispatch a small force under Benedict Arnold through the Kennebec Valley against Quebec, hoping either to gain possession of the Canadian capital, or to aid Schuyler by drawing Carleton to its defense.
Included in this force was about 100 New Hampshire men who volunteered from the 3 New Hampshire Continental Regiments. Our own Samuel Cherry was the orderly sergeant to Captain Dearborn.
A List of New Hampshire Men on the Expedition