The+Battle+of+Bennington

=﻿The Battle of Bennington=

[[image:http://www.uss-bennington.org/pics/battle_of_bennington.jpeg width="250" height="155" align="left" caption="The Battle of Bennington"]] When and where?

 * ==== ﻿August 16, 1777 ====
 * ====Walloomsac, NY about 10 miles from Bennington, Vermont for which the battle was named.====

Where were the armies from?
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 * ====Americans: force of about 2,000 men from the New Hampshire and Massachusetts militias. Reinforcements came from the Green Mountain Boys.====
 * ====British: force of about 700 composed of dismounted Brunswick dragoons, Canadians, Loyalists, and Indians.====

Who were the leaders?[[image:stark.jpg width="131" height="170" align="left" caption="General John Stark" link="http://general%20john%20stark/"]]

 * ====Americans: General John Stark. Reinforcements lead by Colonel Seth Warner.====

What happened?

 * ====Lieutenant Colonel Baum was sent by General John Burgoyne to raid Bennington for horses, draft animals, and other supplies.====
 * ====Lieutenant Baum underestimated the town to only be lightly defended, but when they arrived they were met with 1,500 militiamen.====
 * ====Stark's army surrounded the British and took many prisoners and killed Lieutenant Colonel Baum.====
 * ====Reinforcements for both Baum and Stark's army arrived after the colonists had already won the battle. Warner and Stark's armies drove out the remaining British out of Walloomsac with heavy casualties.====

Outcome:

 * = ===Americans=== ||= ===British=== ||
 * = ====30 killed==== ||= ====207 killed==== ||
 * = ====40 wounded==== ||= ====700 captured==== ||

What's the significance?

 * ====This battle was important and crucial to the American victory in the Revolutionary War. The battle reduced Burgoyne's army by almost 1,000 and caused most of his Indian support to abandon him. Because Baum was unsuccessful in taking the goods he invaded Bennington for, his army was greatly deprived of supplies necessary to stay a strong force in the war. These two factors contributed to Burgoyne's surrender at the Battle of Saratoga.====
 * ====The Battle of Bennington also increased colonial support for independence, and eventually played a role in bring France into the war on the side of the colonists.====

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