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The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia organized in what is now southwestern Vermont in the decade prior to the American Revolutionary War.They comprised settlers and land speculators who held New Hampshire titles to lands between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, an area then known as the New Hampshire Grants, that is now modern Vermont.
Eighty-three of the Green Mountain Boys made the first crossing with B. Arnold and E. Allen, with Major Asa Douglas going back for the rest. [2] As dawn approached, Allen and Arnold became fearful of losing the element of surprise, so they decided to attack with the men at hand.
Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] [a] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
1764–1814 (the Green Mountain Boys) Army Guard: 1860s, 1898, 1917–1918, 1923–present Air Guard: 1946–present: Country United States: Allegiance State of Vermont: Type: National Guard: Size: Approximately 4,000 (3,000 Army, 1,000 Air) Part of: Joint Force Headquarters – Vermont 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain)
Remember Baker (June 6, 1737 – August 22, 1775) was an American soldier and a member of the Green Mountain Boys who was killed in Quebec during the early days of the American Revolutionary War. Born in Roxbury, Connecticut (then part of Woodbury ), he was the son of Remember Baker and Tamar Warner, and a first cousin of Ethan Allen , Ira ...
The younger John Fassett moved to Bennington with his father and became a farmer. He was a lieutenant in the Green Mountain Boys militia regiment raised at the start of the American Revolution in 1775 and commanded by Seth Warner, and he took part in the attempted invasion of Canada in the fall of 1775.
The Green Mountain Boys flag, also known as the Stark flag, is a reconstruction of a regimental flag commonly stated to have been used by the Green Mountain Boys. [1] [2] The flag of the Green Mountain Boys has also been associated with the Vermont Republic. [3]
The new regiment, unofficially called the Green Mountain Boys, was known in most returns and reports as Warner's Regiment. It should not be confused with the pre-Revolutionary War Green Mountain Boys. Although the regiment was based in the western New Hampshire Grants, some recruitment took place outside that area. [23]