Ethan Allen’s self-promoting memoir quickly became the authoritative account of the raid, but other sources offer a more fractious account of the events that day.
"“He [Amos Callender] must have been near Allen and Arnold as they entered the fort for when the controversy arose between Allen and Arnold as to who should lead the men, each declaring he would go into the fort first, Allen turned to Amos and said: “What shall I do with the damned rascal? shall I put him under guard?” Callender suggested that they enter the fort together.” “He [Josiah Dunning] witnessed a dispute between Col. Allen and Col. Arnold relative to which one of them was entitled to the command. Both drew their swords and the men under their commands had raised and cocked their muskets when a private named Edward Richards stepped forward and with great firmness commanded both officers to put up their swords and called on the soldiers of both parties to arrest them if they did not desist. This ended the dispute.”"
Robert O. BascomRobert O. Bascom, “The Ticonderoga Expedition of 1775,” p. 8.