A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . ere found to be theadvance guard of a larger force, and the next day Starkwent forward to meet them. When Colonel Baum foundhimself in the presence of a force nearly as large as his own,he halted in an advantageous position and began to con-struct intrenchments and sent to Colonel Breyman for rein-forcements. Stark sent for Warners regiment, which had The Revolutionary War i73 been l
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A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . ere found to be theadvance guard of a larger force, and the next day Starkwent forward to meet them. When Colonel Baum foundhimself in the presence of a force nearly as large as his own, he halted in an advantageous position and began to con-struct intrenchments and sent to Colonel Breyman for rein-forcements. Stark sent for Warners regiment, which had The Revolutionary War i73 been left at Manchester under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Safford and whose equipment had been completedby the recovery of the arms of Colonel Hales men left inthe woods near Hubbardton five weeks before. The nextday was very rainy and little was undertaken. The Britishstrengthened their works. Stark learned the position of theBritish by his scouts and worried them by his skirmishers.Warners men marched a part of the way from Manchesterto Bennington. A body of volunteers from Western Massa-chusetts came in through the rain, those from Pittsfield ledby their pastor, Rev. Thomas Allen, who wore his hair long. Six Survivors of the Battle of Bennington in 1848(From a photograph taken at Bennington) and banged. Mr. Allen said to General Stark, We, thepeople of Berkshire, have been frequently called upon tofight but have never been led against the enemy. We havenow resolved, if you will not let us fight, never to turnout again. Saturday morning, August 16, 1777, the sky was clearingand preparations were made to attack the British in theirintrenchments. The Americans had about sixteen hundred 174 History of Vermont men, half of whom were furnished by New Hampshire.The Vermont troops consisted of Warner and his regiment, a corps of rangers under Colonel Herrick, a small body ofmilitia from the southeastern part of the State under ColonelWilliams of Wilmington, and the militia of Benning