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Battle of Crown Point
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Fort Crown Point seen in 1760, 5 years after the battle
DateMay 12, 1775
Location
Result Fort captured by American colonists
Belligerents
Vermont,
Connecticut
Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Seth Warner
Strength
9
Casualties and losses
None 9 captured

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.

The battle took place a day after the Americans captured the poorly-guarded 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.

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.

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 the Third."

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