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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison.

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga · John Steeple Davis (1844-1917), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 May 1775
Where
Ticonderoga
Era
Early Modern

Topics

United States1585 – todayThirteen Colonies1607 – 1776

Before and after

Battles of Lexington and Concord1775First Anglo-Maratha War1775 – 1782Show on timeline

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