Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna January 1776, akabatana ne2nd Canadian Regiment yaColonel Moses Hazen. Muna June, Brigadier General John Sullivan akamugadza kuti atore mabasa omutevedzeri wemukuru mukuru kubva kuna Donald Campbell. Musi waJanuary 9, 1777, sezvakakarudzirwa naGeneral Horatio Gates,
Dare reContinental Congress rakamugadza kuva lieutenant colonel uye mutevedzeri wemutevedzeri wemukuru mukuru paFort Ticonderoga.