Benedict Arnold
The attack on Fort Ticonderoga was led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on May 10, 1775. They were leaders of the Green Mountain Boys, a militia group from Vermont. The successful capture of the fort was significant as it provided the Continental Army with valuable artillery and supplies for the Revolutionary War.
he captured it and led 80 green mountain boys to capture fort ticonderoga.
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen led the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775. The fort is located on the southern side of Lake Champlain in northern New York.
He led the regular forces that captured Ft. Ticonderoga, though Ethan Allen's militia received credit for it, and, though wounded, and ordered to remain out of the action, he led the crucial counterattack that turned the tide at Saratoga.
As the American Revolutionary as unfolded, it was important for the American rebels to score some military victories against the British forces. In northeastern New York the British had a fort called Fort Ticonderoga. The Americans launched an attack on this British stronghold, and captured it in 1775. The American forces were led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen. As an aside, Arnold was one of the Americans; best generals. He decided to betray the Americans and help the British. Thus his name is now linked with the term "traitor".
The Green Mountain boys who captured the British held Fort Ticonderoga were led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold. The Green Mountain Boys were the militia of the Connecticut Colony as well as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
They were a Vermont militia led by Ethan Allen. They captured a military point that was strategically important. They fought at Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, and Fort Crown Point near Lake Champlain.
Ethan Allen
The Green Mountain Boys.
Fort Ticonderoga
The attack on Fort Ticonderoga was led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on May 10, 1775. They were leaders of the Green Mountain Boys, a militia group from Vermont. The successful capture of the fort was significant as it provided the Continental Army with valuable artillery and supplies for the Revolutionary War.
he captured it and led 80 green mountain boys to capture fort ticonderoga.
He led a band of Vermonters called the Green Mountain Boys from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston Harbor with guns and cannons to surround the British and drive them away.
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen led the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775. The fort is located on the southern side of Lake Champlain in northern New York.
He led the regular forces that captured Ft. Ticonderoga, though Ethan Allen's militia received credit for it, and, though wounded, and ordered to remain out of the action, he led the crucial counterattack that turned the tide at Saratoga.
The sons of Liberty
No one was killed at the Battle of Ticonderoga in 1775, because when a small force of Green Mountian Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonial Benedict Arnold came upon them, there was only one sentry at the gate and he was asleep. They captured the fort and claimed it for the Colonists.