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The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action That Saved America

The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action That Saved America

Venter, Bruce M.

Paperback

Series: Military

Regional: Middle AtlanticRegional: New EnglandRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1626193258
ISBN13: 9781626193253
Publisher: History Press
Published: Apr 6 2015
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Bruce Venter meticulously details the Revolutionary War battle that saved the Continental Army and possibly America.


British and German troops ran into stubborn rebel resistance at Hubbardton, Vermont, on July 7, 1777. The day would ultimately turn the tide for the Patriot cause. After capturing Fort Ticonderoga, the British, under Lieutenant General John Burgoyne, pursued a retreating Continental army under Major General Arthur St. Clair. In the fields and hills around Hubbardton, a tenacious American rear guard of about 1,200 derailed the British general's plan for a quick march to Albany. The British won a tactical victory, but they suffered precious losses. Patriots, under Colonel Seth Warner, Colonel Ebenezer Francis and Colonel Nathan Hale, left the British and Germans bloodied while also saving untold casualties from their own army. Burgoyne and his weakened force ultimately surrendered at Saratoga on October 17, 1777, paving the way for a French alliance with the colonies and American independence.

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