 Hazen and Antill returned to Quebec , where Hazen was stationed at Montreal while Antill recruited men for the regiment . Hazen was briefly in command of the defenses of Montreal for the Americans , from late March to mid @-@ April 1776 , when General David Wooster took command of the American forces outside Quebec , and Benedict Arnold assumed command of the Montreal garrison . During the time he was in command , Hazen dispatched Timothy Bedel and 390 men to fortify The Cedars , about 40 miles ( 64 km ) upriver from Montreal ; these forces surrendered to a British @-@ Native force during the Battle of The Cedars in May . 
