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A quick vignette of Ethan Allen capturing Fort Ticonderoga at the start of the
American Revolution.
Brickshelf Gallery
This was based on the painting found on
Encyclopaedia
Britannica’s website. The painting is based on an engraving by Alonzo Chappel.
The scene pictured is Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of the fort by Captain
Delaplace. Ethan Allen, in a book about his life, tells that when the Captain
asked by whose authority Allen and his men had come, Allen said “By the Great
Jehovah and the Continental Congress”. I’ve also read that, according to some
of his men, what he really said was “Come out you dirty rat!” I suspect it was
some combination of the two.
Another interesting bit about this scene is that Allen apparently demanded
surrender from the wrong man at first. According to a report by Lieutenant
Jocelyn Feltham, he was the man who answered the door, after waking Captain
Delaplace. Feltham reports: “Mr. Allen told me his orders were from the
providence of Connecticut and that he must have immediate possession of the fort
and all the effects of George the Third, Mr. Allen insisting on this with a
drawn sword over my head and numbers of his follower’s firelocks presented at
me, alleging I was commanding officer and to give up the fort....”
-Elroy
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