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setup. Last week we covered the capture of Fort Taekondoroga. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen

supposedly shared command, although most of the attacking force followed Alan. Following the

capture, the Patriots sent the

British garrison south as prisoners, then they broke into the fort's liquor stores and spent days

getting drunk. Over the next week or so, most of Allen's Green Mountain Boys went home,

while the militia that had been recruited by Arnold's lieutenants began to arrive. The two leaders agreed that

Allen would remain in command of Fort Ticonderoga, while Arnold took command of a ship that had

been seized from a local Tory, which he christened the Liberty. After arming the ship with cannons

and crew, on the morning of May 16th, Arnold sailed the Liberty North to the northern tip of the lake.

Then he marched his men overland to St. Jean in Quebec. On the morning of the 18th,

Arnold's men surprised the 15-man garrison at the British outpost at St. Jean, capturing them all

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