Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
North Country
May 10, 1775
American victory
Before his defection to the British Army, Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, commander of Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys, led the charge to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British. It was a quiet triumph with minimal injuries and zero casualties, but it was a significant moment for the colonial militia, marking its first offensive victory of the war. Both a strategic passageway to Canada and a large arsenal of weapons went to the colonists.
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Printmakers may include Henry Bryan Hall and James Smillie, c. 1765-1896. Courtesy of The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library.
Map showing roads from Albany to Ticonderoga. Printed for the London Magazine in 1778. Courtesy of the Smith Collection, The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine.
