Heights, whereupon he became military commander of Philadelphia.
He held back Carleton's invasion of New York at Valcour Island, and was promoted to major general after engagements at Ridgefield and Norwalk. In 1777, he relieved the siege of Fort Stanwix, checked Burgoyne at Freeman's Farm, and was wounded at Bemi  s Heights, whereupon he became military commander of Philadelphia. FTP, name this Revolutionary leader, who led the attack on Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen, but who is better remembered as the commander of West Point who tried to surrender the fort t  o the British.
He held back Carleton's invasion of New York at Valcour Island, and was promoted to major general after engagements at Ridgefield and Norwalk.
Benedict Arnold