On this day in 1775,
Captains Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys arrive separately at Lake Champlain near Fort Ticonderoga. Arnold insists that Allen serve as his subordinate. When Allen threatens to take his "Boys" back to (now) Vermont, Arnold agrees to a co-command.
And in 1781,
Spanish Brig. Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez captures the British capital of West Florida at The Battle of Pensacola.
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Captains Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys arrive separately at Lake Champlain near Fort Ticonderoga. Arnold insists that Allen serve as his subordinate. When Allen threatens to take his "Boys" back to (now) Vermont, Arnold agrees to a co-command.
And in 1781,
Spanish Brig. Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez captures the British capital of West Florida at The Battle of Pensacola.
More Colonial Battles
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