Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

Ethan Allen wrote a narrative about his war experiences, including Ticonderoga’s fall: 

The authority of the Congress being very little known at the time, he [William De la Place, British commander of the fort] began to speak again; but I interrupted him, and with drawn sword over his head again demanded an immediate surrender of the garrison, with which he then complied, and ordered his men to be forthwith paraded without arms, as he had given up the garrison. 

The Patriots, according to Allen (later a British prisoner after he unsuccessfully attempted to capture Montreal), took control of significant weapons:  "about one hundred pieces of cannon, one thirteen-inch mortar, and a number of swivels." 

Some of the arsenal’s weapons would later be used to threaten British ships in Boston Harbor.

Credits

Image, Capture of Fort Ticonderoga: Ethan Allen and Captain William De la Place.

Engraving from a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828–1887).

U.S. National Archives, image 111-SC-94758.

Quoted passage, A Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's Captivity (originally published in 1795).