Battle of Ticonderoga Before the war Arnold became captain of the 2nd Company of the Governor's Guard. Eager to act, Arnold and his men marched to Cambridge and asked the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to capture Fort Ticonderoga. Along the way Arnold's group met Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys. Despite their differences, the groups successfully captured the fort on 10 May by surprising the British garrison. While the Green Mountain Boys were raiding rum shops, Arnold was arguing over credit in the capture of the fort. Arnold lost the argument and received very little credit in the report to Congress. Arnold was about to proceed with his plans until the Massachusetts Committee placed Arnold under the command of Colonel Benjamin Hinman. This pushed Arnold enough to the edge that he dismissed his troops and resigned as colonel of the Massachusetts militia. When Arnold was heading to Connecticut he met Major General Philip Schuyler and urged him to take Canada. Major General Schuyler then developed a plan to capture Fort St. Johns at the northern end of Lake Champlain, along the Richelieu River to Montreal. This plan reinvigorated Arnold with the American cause and he proposed to Congress that, in concert with Major General Schuyler's plan, another force should attack Quebec City by traveling up the Kennebec River into Maine and down the Chaudière River. Arnold believed that the capture of Montreal and Quebec would gain the support of Canada's settlers. Congress accepted Arnold's plan and appointed him colonel under General Schuyler. General Schuyler gave Arnold a free hand to do whatever he wanted. The American HannibalWashington had a large amount of... middle of paper......with British Major John André to reveal the secret defenses of West Point, New York for money and command in the British Army. This attempt to leak information to the enemy side failed due to the capture of British Major John André in September 1780 and hanging in October. Knowing that his collaborator had been captured with documents incriminating him for treason, Arnold fled to the British side before the patriots could capture him. After defecting to the British side, Arnold received remuneration that included paid land in Canada, pensions for himself, and a commission as a Briton. Provincial brigadier general. Although the British provided for Arnold, they never truly trusted him and only allowed him to serve in minor engagements with the Americans. One such engagement occurred in 1781, when he led the British attack on Virginia destroying the Virginia Navy