Ethan Allen, Green Mountain Boys and Benedict Arnold capture a small British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga and seize supplies. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1775/05/08 | A council of officers appoint Seth Warner third in command after Ethan Allen and James Easton of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, of the expedition to capture Fort Ticonderoga. | |
1775/05/10 | Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys cross from Shoreham, Vermont and take Fort Ticonderoga by surprise, with no loss of life. | Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga |
1775/05/11 | Patriots led by Seth Warner capture Crown Point. | Fort Crown Point, Crown Point |
1775/08/00 | Gentlemen, You are hereby directed to take care and charge of Gov'r P Skene and pursue the resolve of the Continental Congress relative to him and agreeable to their desire confine him on his parole of Honor not to go out of the bounds of Hartford, - JT | War Office Trumble Store, Lebanon, CT |
1775/09/00 | Gov'r Skene and his son, Maj'r Andrew P Skene, are confined, with suitable lodgings and entertainment, in a remote part of the town of Hartford. | Sarah Whitman Hooker House, West Hartford, CT |
1775/09/00 | Sarah Hooker, alone with two children age five and three, accommodates two prisoners of war, Philip and Andrew Skene, in her home for a period of some months at the behest of the Committee Appointed to Take Care of Prisoners. | Sarah Whitman Hooker House, West Hartford, CT |
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