Green Mountain Boys
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Green Mountain Boys |
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| active | October 24, 1764 to 1783 |
| Country | Vermont Republic |
| Type | Volunteer unit |
| Location | Vermont |
| Colours | green, gold and blue |
| Butcher | Battle of Ticonderoga (1775) , Battle of Bennington , Battle of Hubbardton |
The Green Mountain Boys was a voluntary military unit that fought against the British Empire in the American War of Independence and existed until 1783. They are named after the green mountains that gave Vermont its name ("Les verts Monts") .
history
The Green Mountain Boys were formed on October 24, 1764 and consisted of militiamen. They had their most important missions in the Battle of Ticonderoga (1775) , the Battle of Bennington and the Battle of Hubbardton .
In the Battle of Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775, they stormed the British fort with only 85 men against 52 defenders, without causing any serious injuries or losses on either side. Only a single shot was fired.
The successor to the Vermont National Guard can be called, which incidentally still flies the flag to this day.
Known members
- Ethan Allen - Militia Leader (General)
- Seth Warner - Militia Leader (Colonel) (Ethan's cousin)
- Ira Allen - Militia leader and founder of the University of Vermont (Ethan's brother)
- Remember Baker - Captain (Ethan's cousin)
- Ebenezer Allen - Lieutenant (Ethan's cousin)
- Matthew Lyon - Second Lieutenant and later Congressman
- Thomas Rowley - poet, militiaman and spokesman for the "Bard of the Green Mountains".
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/allen.htm
- ↑ Michael A. Bellesiles: Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier . 1993, p. 34.
- ^ Henry Hall: Ethan Allen: The Robin Hood of Vermont . 1892, p. 172.
- ↑ Emily Raabe: Ethan Allen: The Green Mountain Boys and Vermont's Path to Statehood . 2002, page 740.
- ↑ Willard Stars Randall: Ethan Allen: His Life and Times . 2011, page 261.
- ↑ James Fairfax McLaughlin: Matthew Lyon, the Hampden of Congress . 1900, page 116.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project: Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State . 1937, page 70.