... On Sunday, April 30, a new arrival from Connecticut, Captain Benedict Arnold,

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told the Massachusetts Committee of Safety exactly what Joseph Warren wanted to hear. At Fort Ticonderoga there was a large store of artillery guarded by a weak garrison. Arnold insisted that the fort “could not hold out an hour against a vigorous onset” ...

Within a few days Warren had ordered Arnold to mount an attack on Fort Ticonderoga. Newly promoted Colonel Arnold was appointed to what the minutes discreetly termed “a secret service.” Unbeknown to Warren and Arnold, another group from Connecticut was at the same moment enlisting Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys for the same purpose ...

https://champlainvalleynhp.org/2022/06/joseph-warren-patriot-martyr/

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1. Interesting

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