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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ES_crown-forces_Stillwater-NY.html
Crown Forces beat off repeated American attacks against this fortified position from about 3:30 in the afternoon until dusk on October 7, 1777.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ER_freeman-house_Stillwater-NY.html
The first battle of Saratoga was fought here on September 19, 1777. The map shows the troop positions. British forces drove the Americans from this place immediately around Freeman's farmhouse. Then the British fortified the area, including the bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6HZ_brig-gen-abraham-ten-broeck_Stillwater-NY.html
To commemoratethe services ofBrig.-Gen. Abraham Ten Broeckand theAlbany County Militiain theBattle of October 7, 1777 This monumentis erected byPhilip Livingston ChapterSons of the Revolutionin the State of New York1917
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6HX_new-hampshire-memorial_Stillwater-NY.html
"I dedicate this gun to the American Cause." Colonel Joseph Cilley In honor ofEnoch PoorBrigadier-General of the New Hampshire troops Joseph CilleyColonel of the First Regiment Henry DearbornColonel of the Second Regiment Alexander Sca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6HF_the-great-redoubt_Stillwater-NY.html
Capture of the Breymann Redoubt forced Burgoyne to withdraw his army to a position centered on three fortifications shown on this map drawn by a British officer. This is the site of the eastern wall of the second of these three fortifications w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6HE_burial-site-of-general-fraser_Stillwater-NY.html
The British General Simon Fraser, mortally wounded during the battle of October 7, 1777, was buried near this site the following day.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6GY_the-river-redoubts_Stillwater-NY.html
On these bluffs the British constructed three redoubts to protect their artillery park and hospital, located on the river flats below.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6GX_burgoynes-retreat_Stillwater-NY.html
On the night of October 8, Burgoyne began his retreat northward. At Saratoga (Schuylerville) his army was surrounded by the Americans. After a week of siege, Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777, by the terms of the Convention of Saratoga. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6GF_colonel-joseph-cilly_Stillwater-NY.html
At the height of the fighting in the Barber Wheat Field, when New Hampshire Continentals overran two British cannons, an excited American officer, Colonel Joseph Cilly, leaped upon one of the smoking guns to claim it for the Patriots' cause.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6GE_general-fraser-was-struck_Stillwater-NY.html
As the carnage in the Barber Wheat Field neared an end, Brigadier General Simon Fraser was struck by a rifle ball while directing a holding action to cover the retreat. Grievously wounded, the brave British general was carried from the battlefield.
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