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The Allegiance of the Green Mountain Boys
Colonel Arnold Allan was a daring and rambunctious frontiersman, one of the founders of vermont. On may ninth, 17 75, allan convinced benedict arnold to agree to a joint command for the assault on fort ticonderoga. Working together in an uneasy alliance, the two militia successfully captured the british fort. Arnold emerged the battle with a newly minted reputation as a zealous and capable military tactician. But he never grew out of his childhood's sensitivity to criticism and ridicule.