 American general St. Clair paused at Hubbardton to give the main army 's tired and hungry troops time to rest while he hoped the rear guard would arrive . When it did not arrive in time , he left Colonel Seth Warner and the Green Mountain Boys behind , along with the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment under Colonel Nathan Hale , at Hubbardton to wait for the rear while the main army marched on to Castleton . When Francis ' and Hale 's men arrived , Warner decided , against St. Clair 's orders , that they would spend the night there , rather than marching on to Castleton . Warner , who had experience in rear @-@ guard actions while serving in the invasion of Quebec , arranged the camps in a defensive position on Monument Hill , and set patrols to guard the road to Ticonderoga . 
 American general St. Clair paused at Hubbardton to give the main army <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>tired and hungry troops time to rest while he hoped the rear guard would arrive . When it did not arrive in <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>time</mark></a> , he left Colonel Seth Warner and the Green Mountain Boys behind , along with the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment under Colonel Nathan Hale , at Hubbardton to wait for the rear while the main army marched on to Castleton . When Francis ' and Hale <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>men arrived , Warner decided , against St. Clair <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>orders , that they would spend the night there , rather than marching on to Castleton . Warner , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>had experience in rear @-@ guard actions while serving in the invasion of Quebec , arranged the camps in a defensive position on Monument Hill , and set patrols to guard the road to Ticonderoga . 
American general St. Clair paused at Hubbardton to give the main army  tired and hungry troops time to rest while he hoped da rear guard would arrive . When it did not arrive in no time , he left Colonel Seth Warner and the Green Mountain boyz behind , along wit the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment under Colonel Nathan Hale , at Hubbardton to wait for the rear while the main army marched on to Castleton . When Francis ' and Hale  men arrived , Warner decided , against St. Clair  orders , that they would spend tdanight there , rather than marching on to Castleton . Warner , had experience in rear @-@ guard actions while serving in thdanvasion of Quebec , arranged the camps in a defensive position on Monument Hill , and set patrols to guard the road to Ticonderoga .