American patrols had cut off any communication with the outside world. There was barely enough food left to last the British army here a week. The field fortifications were indeed formidable, but the outnumbered defenders in the lines were bone . . . — — Map (db m66801) HM
By 1874, hamlet included ice house, store, stables & homes. Potatoes and ice transported on nearby Champlain Canal. Shipped to NYC via Hudson R. — — Map (db m173792) HM
U.S.S. Saratoga (CV 60) and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW 17) Deployment August 7, 1990 – March 28, 1991 In memory of our twenty-three fallen shipmates during Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm Dedicated by the crew of the U.S.S. . . . — — Map (db m66825) WM
The Dix Bridge was constructed in 1893 to provide a free crossing between the milling manufacturing, shopping and shipping centers of the Village of Schuylervile and the Hamlet of Thomson. Lumber merchant and hamlet namesake Lemon Thompson and . . . — — Map (db m246398) HM
British Supply Post 1755 – 63 Here Gen. John Burgoyne’s defeated British troops in the ruins of the fort lay down their arms 1777 — — Map (db m56862) HM
These bluffs command the Hudson River and valley
below- General Burgoyne's only route to Albany.
The valley here is wide, but in 1777 a huge swamp
called the Great Vly clogged the approaches from
the north. The British Army would have to . . . — — Map (db m220532) HM
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m9787) HM
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m9789) HM
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of . . . — — Map (db m56961) HM
Between the Northumberland Dam and the Dix Bridge are the cut-stone piers of the old trolley trestle that crossed the Hudson River. For the better part of a century, a network of trolleys carried passengers between the tri-city (Albany, . . . — — Map (db m246311) HM
On Oct. 9, 1777 traveled down
Hudson River to Stillwater to
nurse her wounded husband,
British Major Acland, held
prisoner by American forces. — — Map (db m217604) HM
Victory
The Village of Victory sits perched on a bluff above the Hudson River, It owes its location to the highest waterfall on Fish Creek, the best waterpower site on the the creek's course from Saratoga Lake to the Hudson River. The . . . — — Map (db m129632) HM
Northumberland
The original Town of Northumberland extended to the
northwest as far as present-day Corinth and Hadley
This made sense in 1798 because an overland route
ran from here to there to bypass the series of waterfalls
along the "big . . . — — Map (db m140076) HM
When the original Champlain Canal was completed
in 1823, Northumberland became an important site for boats that travelled along the canal. It was here where boats had to cross the Hudson River to get from one section of the canal to the other. . . . — — Map (db m185836) HM
On these grounds the French and Indians killed Capt. Philip Schuyler and 30 others, burning Mills, Stores and 30 houses. June 30, 1747, the garrison of Ft. Saratoga was surprised, when 45 men were tomahawked and scalped. Site of the house of . . . — — Map (db m9298) HM
In 1749, Pehr (Peter) Kalm, a protégé of prominent scientist Carl Linnaeus embarked on a grand journey to the wilderness of the New World Kalm was a naturalist selected by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences to travel to North America in order to . . . — — Map (db m246396) HM
Families and communities throughout the United States often found themselves on opposing sides. Most people who lived here on the battlefields of Saratoga in 1777 sided with the United States. Some remained loyal to the empire and even joined units . . . — — Map (db m220536) HM
The Saratoga Surrender Site is dedicated to
the soldiers of the United States Army who
on this spot accepted the surrender of
a British army and forever changed
the course of American and world history.
~ October 17, 1777 ~
The . . . — — Map (db m142205) HM
Honor Roll To the men of the Town of Saratoga who served the American colors in 1917 – The Great World War – 1919 for Liberty and Humanity * * In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice * * * And in honor of . . . — — Map (db m56873) HM
On October 17, 1777, General John Burgoyne
surrendered his army to General Horatio Gates,
an event which marked the first surrender of
a British army in world history.
Included in the surrender were 30 bronze
artillery pieces, twelve of . . . — — Map (db m246670) HM
At Saratoga, the British campaign that was supposed to crush America’s rebellion ended instead in a surrender that changed the history of the world.- Historian and author Richard Ketchum, 1997 Decisively defeated in the Battles of . . . — — Map (db m140987) HM
Waterways like the Hudson River were highways through the wilderness. The Hudson Valley
was a crossroads of people and empire for more than a century before the Revolution.
Indigenous peoples used this river for trade and warfare long before . . . — — Map (db m220529) HM
< The Canal System Marker >Welcome to the NYS Canal System, one of the world’s premier inland waterways. The 524-mile Canal System includes the legendary Erie Canal, and the Champlain, Oswego and Cayaga-Seneca canals. The waterways travel . . . — — Map (db m89832) HM
The Hemlocks
Hamlet with a grocery store
and day barn for stabling
mules. Served boats on
the Champlain canal
from ca. 1856-1915. — — Map (db m140990) HM
“ . . . the army was posted as well as the ground would admit of, fortifying our Camp, and preparing for any attempt that the Enemy . . . might . . . make.”Thomas Anbury, ensign, 24th Regiment of Foot Here, after a brutal . . . — — Map (db m66800) HM
I was in great anxiety and distress of mind knowing how impossible it was that any Capitulation could provide for my Security . . .John Peters, lieutenant-colonel commandant Queen’s Loyal Rangers There were hundreds of American soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66794) HM
John and Lydia Neilson were a young couple
when they built this house around 1775.
The additions in this photo came later. Once
removed, the house regained its original form. It
is a witness to what happened here in 1777.
The Neilsons knew . . . — — Map (db m220494) HM
“. . . we passed Hudson’s river, and encamped in the plains of Saratoga, at which place there is a handsome and commodious dwelling-house . . .”, so wrote an officer of British General John Burgoyne’s invading army in September, . . . — — Map (db m9299) HM
Before he left England in 1776, General John Burgoyne bet a friend 50 gold guineas that he would return home triumphant in a year. His invasion force left Canada in June 1777 with pomp and spectacle, looking invincible. After marching hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m66797) HM
This tree commemorates a great elm tree under which it is said that British General John Burgoyne signed the “Convention of Saratoga” by which he surrendered his forces to American General Horatio Gates, October 17, 1777. Considered to . . . — — Map (db m9308) HM
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56864) HM
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56867) HM
Mother town of Saratoga County First European settlers 1688 Established March 7, 1788 Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777 Revolutionary War Turning Point — — Map (db m56868) HM
Mother town of Saratoga County.
First European settlers 1688
Established March 7, 1788
Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyne
to Gen. Gates oct. 17, 1777
Revolutionary War turning point — — Map (db m138952) HM
The sculpture by miChelle M. Vara of 6 Ballard Road Art Studio, Wilton, NY was fashioned after the famous painting ”Noble Train of Artillery” by Tom Lovell 1909.
The Sculpture marks the Knox Trail site, which acts as the . . . — — Map (db m149794) HM
During the . . . [truce] the soldiers of the two armies often . . . discoursed with each other from the opposite banks of the river . . . a soldier in the 9th Regiment, named [Patrick] Maguire, came down to . . . the river, with a number of his . . . — — Map (db m66796) HM
After the American victory in 1777, the name Saratoga became linked to a developing shared American identity. The second war ship christened the U.S.S. Saratoga was a 26-gun corvette built in the spring of 1814 on Lake Champlain for use . . . — — Map (db m138759) HM
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66788) HM
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66789) HM
You are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history. In early October 1777, during the American Revolution, 6,000 British soldiers . . . — — Map (db m66793) HM
The American army you would have seen here
was surprisingly diverse. Most men and boys had
volunteered. Some were drafted. Enslaved men and
boys could be forced to join. The average soldier
had served in at least one prior military campaign. . . . — — Map (db m220503) HM
These woods should have been a treasure-trove of Revolutionary War artifacts. Yet recent archeological work here have yielded not a single remnant from the 2,500 British soldiers who camped here in 1777. Over the years some people illegally . . . — — Map (db m66805) HM
”It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet…. Perhaps (illegible) can furnish a better picture of the cruelty and . . . — — Map (db m148659) HM
On September 11, 1895, the first meeting of the newly-appointed Board of Trustees of South Glens Falls was held. At this meeting, the need for a water works system was discussed. By August 17, 1897, the water works system and the pumping house were . . . — — Map (db m148414) HM
”The Mohicans were the possessors of the country first occupied by the Europeans in this portion of the continent. They were, consequently, the first dispossessed; and the seemingly inevitable fate of all these people…is represented as . . . — — Map (db m148603) HM
The South Glens Falls hydroelectric project site has historically played a key role in the local economy. The project is located of the south side of the Hudson River next to the natural 36’ high waterfall known as Glens Falls. This natural . . . — — Map (db m148352) HM
Turning point in the struggle for an independent United States of America Saratoga Battle Chapter Sons of the American Revolution 4 July 2002 Originally placed in honor of our Nation’s Bicentennial — — Map (db m9171) HM
Here you can walk the place where the Second Battle of Saratoga ended in an
American victory. Between the end of the First Battle of Saratoga on September
19 and the Second Battle of Saratoga on October 7, about 600 German soldiers
encamped . . . — — Map (db m211373) HM
Mid-September of 1777 found an American army of 8,500 encamped on these uplands, called Bemis Heights. The soldiers worked feverishly building fortifications to block the Crown Forces marching from the north. You can see the site of American . . . — — Map (db m220499) HM
Standing here in the summer of 1777, with you back to the invading Crown Forces, you would have seen the eastern leg of the American fortifications which surrounded Bemis Heights. The white stakes across the ravine mark the southern end of these . . . — — Map (db m11533) HM
Skillful military engineering converted this bluff into a stronghold. Gun batteries on the river flats below commanded even the hills on the other side of the river. Behind you, across the ravine, was the main American line. It was this the British . . . — — Map (db m11531) HM
Still caught in the frenzy of fighting at the Barber Wheat Field, American troops launched savage attacks across this area in a vain attempt to drive the Crown Forces from these fortifications. — — Map (db m11508) HM
Artillery and infantry positions along this bluff commanded the road to Albany. This defense line forced the British army to fight on American terms. — — Map (db m11561) HM
While Morgan’s Light Corps, the 5th and 6th Massachusetts Continentals and other American troops attacked the Breymann Redoubt from the front, the intrepid Benedict Arnold – without a command of his own - joined a handful of Americans in a daring . . . — — Map (db m210105) HM
The farmhouse which stood near here was used as an American observation post. Between the engagements, Patriot pickets held the near side of the Middle Ravine; British pickets, the far side. — — Map (db m9894) HM
Near this very spot, a musket ball crashed into the leg of General Benedict Arnold
as he led a charge to the rear of the fortified camp. He had been shot "through his Ankle, which broke the Bone." The wound left him injured for life. After eight . . . — — Map (db m210104) HM
You are on the crest of Bemis Heights at the apex of the American defense lines. Nearby were a fortified barn, batteries, infantry breastworks, hospital, headquarters and encampment sites. — — Map (db m9878) HM
Erected 1887 by John Watts de Peyster Brev. Maj. Gen. S.N.Y. 2nd V. Pres’t Saratoga Mon’t Ass’t’n In memory of the “most brilliant soldier” of the Continental Army, who was desperately wounded on this spot, the sally port of Burgoynes . . . — — Map (db m9141) HM
This reconstruction is one of two small outworks that were built to provide forward protection for the much larger Balcarres Redoubt. The knoll derives its name from the many casualties suffered in this area during the fighting of October 7, 1777. . . . — — Map (db m11510) HM
Born: Invernesshire, Scotland Died: Saratoga, New York This memorial commemorates the death and burial October 8, 1777 of General Simon Fraser, a loyal Highlander, trusted soldier, and respected leader of Burgoyne’s advance corps who was mortally . . . — — Map (db m9374) HM
Here you would have seen thousands of British, Irish, and German soldiers,
women, and children in 1777. They had camped on this site in relative safety
for the weeks between the two battles of Saratoga.
General Burgoyne's army had 3,800 . . . — — Map (db m210096) HM
Scaled in size according to the rank of the occupant, Crown Force officers’ tents – or marquees – graced the American wilderness with fluttering pennants, elegant fringe and elaborate awnings and breezeways. The several large, colorful marquees . . . — — Map (db m210094) HM
On the night of October 8, Burgoyne began his retreat northward. At Saratoga (Schuylerville) his army was surrounded by the Americans. After a week of siege, Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777, by the terms of the Convention of Saratoga. . . . — — Map (db m10046) HM
The British General Simon Fraser, mortally wounded during the battle of October 7, 1777, was buried near this site the following day. — — Map (db m10065) HM
This park was constructed by the citizens of Stillwater as a symbol of
Stillwater's rich military history and the sacrifices Stillwater veterans made for
their country. The property has been the site of monuments that celebrate local
involvement . . . — — Map (db m246239) HM
At the height of the fighting in the Barber Wheat Field, when New Hampshire Continentals overran two British cannons, an excited American officer, Colonel Joseph Cilly, leaped upon one of the smoking guns to claim it for the Patriots’ cause. — — Map (db m10022) HM
Crown Forces beat off repeated American attacks against this fortified position from about 3:30 in the afternoon until dusk on October 7, 1777. — — Map (db m11505) HM
When Burgoyne ordered his army into retreat, the Crown Forces Artillery Park – located on the flat area below and to your right – became a scene of frantic activity. The artillery equipment assembled there – larger field guns and . . . — — Map (db m36826) HM
When the order came to retreat, the civilian teamsters contracted by the British – many from Canada – began harnessing teams of horses and yoking pairs of bawling oxen in the Baggage Park on the flat directly below you. Wagons and two-wheeled carts . . . — — Map (db m36828) HM
On the wooded hill to the left stand Earthworks thrown up by Amer. Army before the Battle of Saratoga 1777 State Education Department 1932 — — Map (db m11563) HM
The Champlain Canal/Bemis Heights site is a residential site first occupied during the 1830s soon after the construction of the Champlain Canal. The highway (NY 32) was developed during the eighteenth century as a north-south passage between the . . . — — Map (db m28605) HM
The first battle of Saratoga was fought here on September 19, 1777. The map shows the troop positions. British forces drove the Americans from this place immediately around Freeman’s farmhouse. Then the British fortified the area, including the . . . — — Map (db m11504) HM
Through this place passed Gen. Henry Knox in the winter of 1775-1776 to deliver to Gen. George Washington at Cambridge the train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga used to force the British Army to evacuate Boston Erected by The State of New York . . . — — Map (db m23709) HM
