 During the American retreat from Quebec in May and June 1776 , Hazen and Arnold were embroiled in a dispute that led to charges and counter @-@ charges , courts martial and other hearings , lasting into 1779 . At issue were supplies that Arnold had ordered seized from merchants in Montreal and sent to Chambly for eventual shipment south as part of the retreat . Hazen , in charge of the facilities at Chambly , refused to sign for the goods , as he recognized them as the property of friends in Montreal . In the ensuing retreat , most of these goods were plundered and lost . Arnold wanted to immediately court @-@ martial Hazen for failing to follow orders , but the arriving British army delayed any such activity until the army 's return to Fort Ticonderoga . Arnold 's opinion of Hazen clearly changed ; he wrote , " This is not the first or last order Col. Hazen has disobeyed . I think him a man of too much consequence for the post he is in . " 
