Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.

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• ARTIST: Alonzo Chappel

• PUBLISHER: Published by Martin & Johnson, New York

• MEDIUM: Engraving, hand-colored,

  DATE: 1856

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 x 6 7/8" (12.6 x 17.6 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: "By what authority?" "In the name of the Great Jehovah & the Continental Congress." Ethan Allen. Engraved by T. Phillibrown.<br><br> The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War and secured the strategic passageway north to Canada. Ethan Allen (here shown at the door) 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. Arnold took command of Ticonderoga until he was relieved in June 1775.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Revolutionary War