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#REDIRECT [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga]] |
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:''This article is about the American Revolutionary War battle. For the French and Indian War battle, see [[Battle of Crown Point (1758)]]'' |
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|{{Infobox Military Conflict |
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||conflict=Battle of Crown Point |
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||image=[[Image:South view of crown point 1760.jpg|200px]] |
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||caption=Fort Crown Point seen in 1760, 5 years after the battle |
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||partof=the [[American Revolutionary War]] |
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||date=[[May 12]], [[1775]] |
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||place=[[Fort Crown Point]], [[New York]] |
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||result=Fort captured by American colonists |
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||combatant2=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] |
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||combatant1=[[Vermont]],<br>[[Connecticut]] |
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||commander2= |
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||commander1=[[Seth Warner]] |
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||strength2=9 |
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||casualties2=9 captured |
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||casualties1=None |
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|{{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Canada}} |
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The '''Battle of Crown Point''' was a battle during the [[American Revolutionary War]] which took place [[May 12]], [[1775]] at [[Fort Crown Point]] on the shore of [[Lake Champlain]] near what is now [[Crown Point, New York]]. American forces under [[Seth Warner]], one of [[Ethan Allen]]'s [[Green Mountain Boys]], were victorious and captured the fort. |
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The battle took place a day after the Americans captured the poorly-guarded [[Capture of Fort Ticonderoga|Fort Ticonderoga]], one of the opening actions of the Revolutionary War. The fall of Ticonderoga came shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]. The Americans had decided to seize Fort Ticonderoga before it could be reinforced by the British, who might then use the fort to stage attacks on the American rear. |
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Fort Crown Point was the largest earthen fort built in [[North America]] and was located on the shore of Lake Champlain, about 10 miles down the shore from Ticonderoga. |
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Warner marched a detachment up the lake shore and captured nearby Fort Crown Point, garrisoned by only nine men. On May 12, Allen sent the prisoners to Connecticut's Governor [[Jonathan Trumbull]] noting that ''"I make you a present of a Major, a Captain, and two Lieutenants of the regular Establishment of [[George III of the United Kingdom|George the Third]]."'' |
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[[Category:Battles involving the United States]] |
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[[Category:1775 in the United States]] |
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[[Category:Battles of the American Revolutionary War|Battle of Crown Point]] |
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[[Category:New York in the American Revolution]] |
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