Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Jenụwarị 1776, ọ sonyeere ndị agha nke abụọ nke Colonel Moses Hazen. N'ọnwa Juun, Brigadier General John Sullivan kenyere ya ọrụ ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi ndị isi na Donald Campbell. Na Jenụwarị 9, 1777, dị ka Ọchịagha Horatio Gates tụrụ aro ya,
Continental Congress họpụtara ya lieutenant colonel na osote osote onye isi ndị isi na Fort Ticonderoga.