


This made it a critical battlefield of the French and Indian War. Located at the confluence of Lake Champlain and Lake George, Fort Ticonderoga controlled access north and south between Albany and Montreal. Arnold took command of Ticonderoga until he was relieved in June 1775. Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, together with Benedict Arnold, surprised and overtook a small British garrison at the fort, acquiring valuable weapons for the Continental Army.

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