The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-07

lure the storehousc Al thls pace
bennington. hundred years ago. was not the
toriity anu popGlous town II Is today. Instead
OF TWO villages, with total OF lOoVo ibhaoi-
tans, there was only the centre with about hfteen
lthe lrst built oy Captain Samuel Robpsonh log
houses prevailed The meeting house stood on tue
little green west and 10 front OF tho present Congre-
gatioDai Church; the taiamount Tavern was TO tho
north has been described aud sIli further north.
the sids OF the street, the Continental
storehousc, and II part Of the present WaiIoonsao
House was then standn: aud Kept as tavern by Cap
tain Elijah Dewey. The exact site OF tho storehouse
has disputed. but II generally believed ~ have
been located little back from the present street On
land owned by Mr.. Daniel Robinson. IL
immcusc anair Tor those tn.es-a5o by 40 feet, and
three spacious barns were aitcrward made OF t. the
town VAS largely prmcvsi forest, Mount Anthony,
AtIartic, nve six miles southwest OF the
village, being wooded down to near tho meeting
house, but he land to The north ana west largely
cleared and remarkably productive n II Is to-day.
IL fact but generally known, that the bat
tic Hcldhali a dozen miles northwest OF the meetin.
housc-is IN tho town OF Hoosac, n. y, thus making
the ubpardton I.h the only battle OF the Revolution
ever fought in Vermont and this reminds OF n.
other popular miscopccpuon about tho battles of .
hundred years ago. The tat,le OF Bunker hi', asmm
called was fought Breeds Hill, nearly milo dis
tant from Bunker Ill., and 1t Is ON Breeds Hill whero
the monument rs erected
Meanwhile Colonel Baum had 50. OIL with hf, force
OF probably s00--4o0 Brunswick dismounied ORA
goons, detachment of ariiilerists with two Held
pieces. British, Canadian aad tory marksncn and 100
Indians, reaching Cambridge, sixteen miles
FROM stark, on the 18Th. The next morn
Hoosac, vherc some Americans abandoned a mill,
aud thence whore the battle attcrward fought
tucSy wooded hill on tho west bank of the waoon.
rae, whore he cncampoL General Stark aud the Coun'
cl OF Saioty had Idle all this time. On the
morning the litn he had rallied his BRIGADE sent 70
Manchester Tor Colonel Warmers men and over 10
Berkshire Tor recruits, and with Colouels Warner Will
isms herrick and Brush marched out toward the
enemy, and that night Council deciucd, with stark
and his officers Ia he OLD Caiamount Tavern plan Of
attack which would have been Carried out but Tor
pouring rain. Thus Berkshire saved her share In
the victory. Her people had become thoroughly
aroused 10 the cris,s, aud Colonel benjamin s'monds
OF Williamsto~n Parson Thomas Allen, OF Ptisno.d.
and Lieutenant Colonel David Rossiter of Richmond,
blass., led her militia who mad kcp, their powder
dry through their long, wet Beun ngton on
the night Of the 18th. General Stark had fallen back
h,tlc and cncampcd couple OF miles from
Baum. In tho northwest par, OF tho town.
on the hui farm now occupied by LcwIi
Northousc, a heavily wooded space hiding the
host,c camps Baum had intrcnchcd himself on the
hni selected for man defence, which rises some
four hundred Icct 10 the southeast but slopes
the rear and whose busc Is washed by the Waionsai
River, which this point runs worry nearly south Al
the southern base OF the hil hc road from Cambridge,
N. Y, The river, the bridge of which de-
Tended by brcastworks ana minor Qualifications, while
southeast rising ground less than quarter Of
mile away were sew raj tory breastworks.
THE KvkSrruL DAY.
Saturday, the day OF tho cventiui conflict Is said to
have been rarely perfect day, with nature irosh
washed and dcwily fragrant. General Stark got his
1900 mcn-thc Now Hampshire militia. Green Noun
tam boys and berkshire farmers, all fresh from tho
attack until tho mdaie OF tho afternoon. Colonel
Moses Nichols, ph. scian, commanding the sixth
New Hampshire regiment, aud Coionei Hcrrick, OF
Vermont with 600 mon cach were sent TO out
hank British intrcnchmcnts and attack
them in the rear, while, To- divert attention,
Colonies David Hobart OF the Twelfth New Hamp-
shire. Thomas Stckncy, oil the Eleventh. werc 10
&c, before tho advance tory breastwork aud 100 men
were mako a tent ward Baum's front. The Bcrk-
shire formed the body OF Stark's reserve
$500 meal who wcro 10 sharply join IN The general
attack on hearing firing IN The OF tho British.
Parson Allen of Piusticld. SAID to have begun tho
day by prayer OF inspiration, asking the Co o Dat
ties to o.ch Their hands to war aud their nugcrs "a
Ngh md & nj uat at
to have made Tue ioowing famous address 10 the
Berkshire soidicrs:-
"Boys, there red coats and thcy ours,
this nght Molly STARK sleeps widow"
There has been considerable oil discussion up hero
History that he delivered It from the saddle,
but George W. Robinson mas dug up records To prove
that the daring General stood upon rail fence The
time. Then, again, the TACT that Mr. Stark's namo
Elizabeth has thrown considerable doubt
ent of tho springfield Republican, who has ,nvcsti-
gated the matter. gives assurance that molly" was
tho pet name which the Genoral used when addressing
Eiinbetb, ana thus The fact o the aconic speech is
cstuU ishod here beyond doubt All this contro-
ycsy, however, is not SO mport"n. MS tho fact That
Stark's plan proceeded TO a picturesque success.
SHIRT SLEEVE DISGUISE.
The mlIi,ianen went stealing behind Baum in
their suirt sleeves, mistaken by him. tits said,
tor tho loyalisls OF Tho region seeking the
protection Of his lines stark
Ing The tory hill the front, ready to open
IRE wuen slender, youthful Parson Allen steDped 70
The 'front.' To exhort his tory ncgnbors In The name Of
the LORD to desst from giving battle 10 the Amcr,cau
iorccs. That They replied with bullets justly
censed the man OF God mat he borrowed the gun VI
his brother, Lieutenant Joseph Allen, ana hred tie
nrst return shot OF tDo buttlc. Tho attack Of the
American forces IN the rear OF Baums camp quickly
followed, aud General Stark officially says:-''I pushed
forward the remainder with AL speed our pcopc be-
havcd with tho greatest spirit and o1rage Imaginable
Had they Dccn Alcxandcrs or Char,eses, Of Sweden
they could not have behaved better" Tho Yao.
kee farmers stripped Tor the tight, and
ragged at encountcring their tory neighbors.
made tho entertainments too hot for The loyalists,
ana tho wretchcs, attempting to scale the steep
ana slippery height To the man camp wero shot down
rcinorsclessy The Indals lied early the battle aud
The American ADVANCED ike veterans the
rDle nre of the Hcssians amounting the breastworks
that were well iortihcd anu defended with cannon"
at the hottest light, SAID Stark Il In
life. 4 Represented one continuous clap OF thun-
dcr'--two oil It, before Colonel Baum, attempt
lug gailunt saly, Was mortaliy wounded, anu his
tories ncd and surrendered.
TOO Mucm Run NEARLY CAUSES DEFEAT.
Parson AiIcn began WIN prayer, special prayers
assembled nj Bennington aud Wiliianstown during tho
nght but with tue delirum oil victory came also thu
temptation to dr,nK copiousy from tnc cnepy's rum
barrels. Inc weariod and pArchcd farmers speedily
became so dcinoraizcd that the troops OF Coonci
Breyman--over Elk hundred, with Two heavy cannon
have turned the American victory INTO. "A defeat
but for the opportunc arrival OF 100 OF Colonel seth
Warmers men from Manchester, who suce.eded IN
riying the tired and booty veterans OF tho hst night
IL Is said that stark had proposed, ordered
treat but Colone, Warmers urgcucy prevailed to
the day until tho arrival OF his fresh men. Fighting
until sunset, tho Americans won their second victory
and ony nghtf,l prevented the capture oil Breymsns
entire force. The kcencst anxiety had possessed tue
friends OF the local soldiery meantime. Tho Council
oil Safety continued IN session at Catamount Tavern,
and at SIX O'CLOCK bulletin sent abroad nounc-
ing that ''tno enemy were driven but being re-
inorced, made second stand anu stili continue tho
conflict. hut have taken their cannon, ana pris-
oncrs (said number 400 800 arriving"
The real facts thai the British had lost 200
men, while OF the Americans less han eighty were
killed anu wounded.
| GENERAL srAKK's REPORT or THE BATTLE
ave kli.cd upward Of Two hundred oil the enemy on
the field OF battle have Lieutenant colonel (sinco
dcdL major, captains fourteen leutcuants.
four cnsgns, corporais, one Judge advocate ono
baron, Canadian officers Six seryeants ono AIDE
de- camp and scvcnty.1ve prisoners. almost forgot
| Que Hussan chaplain. Gentlemen, think We have
returned tho enemy proper CON pincnt IN tho above
action Tor the HuDDardon engagement"
INCIDENTS
The prisoners were MED into bennington, and the
wounded OF both sides tcndery cared Tor. Tho dead
enemies buried with ceremony, our epterpr
ing and uniecipg granger tying rope around tho
Of The corpsos anu dragging them with his
to "a deep NOE Coionel Baum had been taken with
Colone! Ptstcr noted tory VINO owned u magnificent
house IN Hoosac, 10 "A house about mile away, and