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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - January 23 2009 : 08:07:46 AM
Battle of Bennington- 1777
The British suffered a major defeat when New England militia men ambushed a large force of British soldiers attempting to forage for supplies. The British force was almost wiped out, losing 207 dead and 700 captured.
American Account of the Battle1
General John Stark to General Horatio Gates.
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. I shall now give Your Honour a short and brief account of the action on the 13th inst.
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A Hessian's Account of the Battle of Bennington The Hessian Glich
[August 16, 1777].... The morning of the sixteenth rose beautifully serene; and it is not to the operation of the elements
Burgoyne's first major defeat occurred when he sent a force of Hessians west of the Connecticut River to seize cattle and other supplies. The force, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Fredrich Baum, was ordered to head to Bennington and seize rebel supplies. Awaiting Baum near Bennington were nearly 2,000 American militia men led by John Stark of New Hampshire. At Van Schaick Mill, Baum's forces ran into the advance guard of the American forces, and both sides prepared for battle the next day, next to the Wallomsac River. The British were in makeshift fortifications on a height north of the river. On August 16, after a rain delay, Stark's men attacked. In a complicated multi-pronged attack, they captured or killed the entire British force. By late in the afternoon, a British relief expedition arrived. The relief expedition was met by Warner's Green Mountain Boys. They forced the British to pull back. With the help of Stark's forces, the withdrawal turned to a route. By the end of the battle, 207 British and Hessians lay dead and 700 were captured. The Americans lost 20 dead and another 40 wounded. |
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Posted - June 03 2009 : 07:23:58 AM
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Originally posted by Monadnock Guide
Battle of Bennington- 1777
The British suffered a major defeat when New England militia men ambushed a large force of British soldiers attempting to forage for supplies. The British force was almost wiped out, losing 207 dead and 700 captured.
American Account of the Battle1
General John Stark to General Horatio Gates.
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. I shall now give Your Honour a short and brief account of the action on the 13th inst.
.
A Hessian's Account of the Battle of Bennington The Hessian Glich
[August 16, 1777].... The morning of the sixteenth rose beautifully serene; and it is not to the operation of the elements
Burgoyne's first major defeat occurred when he sent a force of Hessians west of the Connecticut River
They were considerably west of Connecticut River on the other side of the Green Mountains, 40 miles west. They weren't even in Vermont (The CT river flows from Canada to the LI Sound). They were in Rensselaer County, New York near Walloomsac.
http://www.hmdb.org/map.asp?markers=13920,13918,13462,13999,13954,14828,13649,13751,13600
There's a nice little park there. Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site. It'll take you all day to visit all the locations.
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=3
The Historical Marker Database has a great site that shows all the locations of the engagement markers.
http://www.hmdb.org/map.asp?markers=13920,13918,13462,13999,13954,14828,13649,13751,13600
Vermont wanted a piece of the action, so they put up the Battle Monument. It's a long walk up. The elevator was out of order last I visited. If anyone ever visits Bennington I highly recommend stopping there, and then to the Bennington Museum right down the street. http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/index.aspx
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