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Title: Bennington: the battles, 1777. Centennial celebration, 1877. A paper read before the Worcester society of antiquity, at its regular monthly meeting, December 4, 1877
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Tyler, Albert
Subjects: Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777
Publisher: Worcester, Tyler & Seagrave, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tmoved fteadily on the difintegrated attacking force,compelling it to give ground before his advance.It was the opportune arrival, at this juncture, ofthe New-hampfhire troops of Col. Warners regi-ment under command of Lt. Col. Safford, that plac-ed the refult of the fecond fight beyond a doubt ;and ere the fun went down on that bright and glo-rious day, the enemy were driven, fcattered, beaten,utterly vanquifhed, and only darknefs preventedtheir capture or annihilation. Confidering all things, the American lofs wasfmall, about 30 killed and 40 wounded. TheBritifh lofs was 5 pieces of brafs cannon, 100 ftandof arms, 300 Heffian fwords, eight brafs drums, 750prifoners, 207 killed on the fpot, number of wound-ed unknown. Among the wounded was ColonelBaum, who.died in a few hours after the battle. The remits of this victory are not to be calcu-lated by the number of men and amount of materialcaptured. They were more far-reaching than this.The intelligence fpread through the country as by
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x3 the winds of heaven. Defpondency changed togladnefs, and the cloud of gloom which hung overthe land was lifted. It needed not a prophetstongue or pen to foretell, in the light of this achiev-ment, the certain fate of Gen Burgoyne and hiswhole invading army. It fuccombed at an early dayto the inevitable, and the peril of the country paffedaway forever! THE CENTENNIAL. A hundred years have come and gone fince thisftirring campaign and this glorious victory; and onthe 16th of Auguft, 1877, the descendants of thofewho then fought and conquered, gathered amid theold places to celebrate the event—descendants notof blood but of inheritance, though descendants byblood were not wanting. Of courfe Vermont, herGovernor and Legiflature, her Judges and Con-greffmen and diftinguifhed citizens, her war-veteransand her military forces were there—for fhe celebrat-ed on the preceding day the Centennial of herState organization. The Governor and Legiflature,civil authority and military of New-ham

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