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Vermont leader who commanded the Green Mountain Boys and led the surprise capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. Captured by the British in September 1775 during an ill-conceived attack on Montreal, he spent most of the war as a prisoner. His defiant personality defined the independent character of the Vermont movement.

Boston bookseller turned Continental artillery chief who organized the "Noble Train of Artillery" in winter 1775–1776 — hauling sixty tons of cannon from Crown Point and Ticonderoga across frozen Lake George and the Berkshires to Boston. Washington used them to occupy Dorchester Heights in March 1776, forcing the British evacuation of the city.

Vermont militia colonel and Green Mountain Boys leader who arrived with his regiment during the second phase of the Battle of Bennington, driving off Breymann's relief column. Warner had helped capture Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen in 1775 and commanded Vermont forces throughout the northern campaigns.

Continental general who built and commanded the American fleet on Lake Champlain in 1776, fighting the Battle of Valcour Island to delay the British invasion. His tactical defeat accomplished a strategic purpose: the delay halted the invasion before winter. Arnold later defected to the British in 1780, but his 1776 lake campaign was arguably his most consequential military contribution to the American cause.

Irish-born Continental general who commanded the 1775 Canada invasion, staging operations northward through Crown Point and Ticonderoga. Captured Montreal in November 1775 but was killed in the assault on Quebec City on December 31, 1775. Crown Point was the logistical anchor of the entire campaign.

British general who commanded the invasion force moving south from Canada through the Lake Champlain corridor toward Albany in 1777. His decision to send Baum's detachment to raid Bennington resulted in the loss of nearly a thousand men and set the conditions for his surrender at Saratoga in October.

British-born Continental general who commanded the Northern Department through 1776–1777, overseeing the retreat from Canada, the construction of Arnold's fleet, and defensive preparations culminating in Saratoga. His management of Northern Department logistics during the retreat was essential to preventing a complete collapse of the northern theater.

New York Continental general who commanded the Northern Department in 1775–1776, directing the Canada invasion from Albany and coordinating Lake Champlain defense. Schuyler's management of northern theater logistics — chronically undersupplied — was the administrative foundation on which Arnold's lake campaign and eventually Saratoga rested.