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5 unusual facts about Battle of bennington


Battle of Bennington

A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily composed of New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by men led by Colonel Seth Warner and members of the Green Mountain Boys, decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne's army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, and supported by additional men under Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann.

Burgoyne sent 550 men under Heinrich von Breymann, while Warner's company of about 350 Green Mountain Boys came south from Manchester under Lieutenant Samuel Safford's command.

Benjamin Simonds

Finally, in the summer of 1777, he commanded his Berkshire regiment in the Battle of Bennington.

Stark County, Illinois

He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.

Vermont Veterans Medal

The year “1777” is inscribed at the bottom, indicating the year of the Battle of Bennington where Vermonters first took arms to defend their state in war, and the year of the founding of the Vermont Republic.



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Bennington Battle Day

The Battle of Bennington actually took place in New York, but is so named because the British were headed for a cache of weapons and munitions stored where the Bennington Battle Monument now stands in present-day Old Bennington, Vermont.