Boys preferred to remain with Ethan Allen and were taken prisoners along with Allen in August 1775 in a bungled attempt to capture the city of Montreal. Among them were Congressman Matthew Lyon and Lieutenant Benjamin Tucker. Tucker joined the British army after his capture; because of this, his name was rebuked by Ethan Allen and his men. Vermont eventually declared itself an independent nation in January 1777, and organized a government based in Windsor. The armed forces of the Vermont Republic was based upon the Green Mountain Boys. Although Vermont initially supported the American Revolutionary War and sent troops to fight John Burgoyne's British invasion from Quebec in battles at Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777, Vermont eventually adopted a more neutral stance and became a haven for deserters from both the British and colonial armies. George Washington, who had more than sufficient difficulties with the British, brushed off Congressional demands that he subdue Vermont. During the Haldimand Affair, some members of the Green Mountain Boys became involved in secret negotiations with British officials about restoring the Crown's rule over the territory. The Vermont Army version of the Green Mountain Boys faded away after Vermont joined the United States as the 14th U.S. state in 1791, although the Green Mountain Boys mustered for the War of 1812, The Civil War, the Spanish–American War, and following World War I as the Vermont National Guard. Notable members Ebenezer Allen – militia member (lieutenant) (Ethan Allen's cousin) Ethan Allen – militia leader (general) Ira Allen – militia leader, and the founder of the University of Vermont (Ethan Allen's brother) Remember Baker – militia member (captain) (Ethan Allen's cousin) John Fassett Jr., Vermont Supreme Court Justice, 1778–1786, diarist who chronicled the Green Mountain Boys’ 1775 expedition to Canada. David Fay, Vermont Supreme Court Justice, adjutant general of the Vermont Militia Jonas Fay, regimental surgeon and political leader of early Vermont Jonas Galusha - militia leader (captain), future governor of Vermont Joab Hoisington - militia leader, Hoisington's Rangers (major), served in the French-Indian War, and participated in the Battle for Crown Point Matthew Lyon – militia member (second lieutenant), and future congressman David Robinson, son of Captain Samuel Robinson, a founder of Bennington Moses Robinson, colonel in Vermont Militia during American Revolution, 2nd governor of Vermont Republic, one of the first two senators from Vermont. Thomas Rowley – poet, militia member and spokesman, known as