An official Path Through History Site! At The Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts militia, under General John Stark rebuffed a British attempt led by Colonel Friedrich Baum to capture American stores on August 16, 1777. The American victory cut off supplies to British General John Burgoyne as he made his push toward Albany and set the stage for his subsequent surrender at Saratoga.
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