What was the name of the man who led the capture of the fort formerly called Fort Carillon?
Isaac Stearns Jr. Isaac Stearns Jr. (born June 13, 1750; died April 29, 1807), of Billerica, Massachusetts, was a sergeant in the American Revolutionary Army. On April 19, 1775, he was among the minutemen who rallied at the first alarm at the onset of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was also a member of a group of forty men, led by Ethan Allen, that captured Fort Ticonderoga. Stearns contributed ₤10 to a fund established to hire men to serve in the Revolutionary Army.
John Duff (counterfeiter) John Duff, born John McElduff, or John Michael McElduff, because early court records referred to him as John Michael Duff (September 1759 or August 1760 – June 4, 1799 or 1805), was a counterfeiter, criminal gang leader, horse thief, cattle thief, hog thief, salt maker, longhunter, scout, and soldier who assisted in George Rogers Clark's campaign to capture the Illinois country for the American rebel side during the Revolutionary War.