Monthly Archives: May 2019

Col. Hinman versus Benedict Arnold, 1775 When he arrived at Fort Ticonderoga, Col. Benjamin Hinman used some major diplomacy in dealing with Colonel Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold had joined Col. Seth Warner and Col. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain … Continue reading →

In the fall of the year the men at Ticonderoga were attacked with fever and dysentery and many of them died. My brother Reuben was very sick. (He died two years later.) I (Asa Hickok) was taken sick with a … Continue reading →