Connecticut sent about 1,000 men under Colonel Benjamin Hinman to hold Ticonderoga .
New York also began to raise militia to defend Crown Point and Ticonderoga against a possible British attack from the north .
Connecticut sent about 1,000 men under Colonel Benjamin Hinman to hold Ticonderoga , and New York also began to raise militia to defend Crown Point and Ticonderoga against a possible British attack from the north .