A report on Battle of Bennington, Bennington, Vermont and Vermont
The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about 10 mi from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont.
- Battle of BenningtonBennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States.
- Bennington, VermontA rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by Vermont militiamen 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.
- Battle of BenningtonThe town is known in particular for the Battle of Bennington, which took place during the Revolutionary War.
- Bennington, VermontThe battles of Bennington and Saratoga together are recognized as the turning point in the Revolutionary War because they were the first major defeat of a British army.
- VermontUS 7.svg U.S. Route 7 runs a north–south path in western Vermont from the Massachusetts state line to the Canada-U.S. border. U.S. Route7 connects the cities and towns of Bennington, Rutland, Middlebury, Burlington, and St. Albans. Between Bennington and Dorset, U.S. Route7 runs as a Super2 freeway. It also parallels I-89 between Burlington and the Canada–U.S. border.
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The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization first established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 as the Vermont Republic (which later became the state of Vermont).
Under Warner the regiment fought at the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777.
They were based at the Catamount Tavern in Bennington.