The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-10-27
SETH WARNER AND REMEMBER
BAKER.


devotion, in war and peace, to her
interests, have made and preserved
the State distinguishing factor in
the affairs of this nation, appears in
commemorative monument AMI paint
ing. 1t was even grateful thing 60
raise, ON the spot of his birth. a shaft
to the memory of Chester A. Arthur.
But the State discrimipates both
among and against it's own sons-those
who valiantly maintained the exist
ence and contributed to the glory of
the little mountain Republic. There
is yet a wide field for commemorative
work, and some of it imperstively de-
mands the attention of the State, and
ought to be taken in hand by the Leg
islature at its present session. 1t is
work that highly commends itself to
the patriotic endeavors Of the colonial
and revolutionary societies assembling
in the Capital of the State this week.
Chief among the unccmmemorated
and chief among the usserv pg--ere
Seth Warner and keuembpr Bakef.
The former was the ahlest stliier cf
Vermont's early yea s. with q Hen
and Baker he is gel raj c'assed
mantle Boys Ct the Green Mountains
- in their breeches Of deer skin I'D
Jackets of brown" who caught I'M
lucky Workers spying out their lands,
oh a fispd tbap, xvitb rOds Of loooI o,l
bundled their smarting frames back
over the border, or who in hundred
ways made the life Of the tory among
them altogether wretched. Warner
did yeoman's service in maintain
ing the integrity of Vermont against |
the assaults of her neighbors, but his |
claim to grateful commemoration does |
not depend alone upon his deeds in
the defence of Vermont against the
agressions of New York and others.
He vas an active, dominating force
in the war for independence. His
counsel was sought by she men in
chief command and when military
service of particularly arduous kind
was to be rendered Warner was the
man chosen to command. He was
part of the expedition for the capture
of Ticonderoga, in the planning and
the execution, though the rising sun
of May 10, 1775, with its admonition
to the 81 eping garrison, through de-
lay IN thu coming of boats found him
and h III II s,ill on the Vermont
shore OF the lake. He was the man
appointed to seize Grown Point with
its formidable fortress AS colonel of
regiment of Vermonters he was a
part of the Inflated expedition to cap.
ture Quebec, and when Gen. Wooster
sent back to the country his distress
full cry for help, in few days Warner
was again marching northward with =.
a regiment he had hastily raised
The Boys of the Green Mountains had ',
unbounded confidence in Warner, his
vigilance, prudence and courage.
They loved him, and they were &C.
CONSIGNED to turn out at his call
should be glad if few L:lls
of corn unhoed should not be a
motive sufficient to detain men at
home, this was a part of stirring
appeal he made TO Vermonters, issued !;
when Burgoyne was desc, nding from
the north on Ticonderoga. With
regiment of Vermont militia he went
to the defense of the fortress, and had
he been chief in command, measuring
by the ability and char.
acter of the man, the British army e
under Burgoyne may have encoun-
tered the fate of another British
army, under Aberorombie, before the
walls of Ticonderoga.
In command of the rear guard, de-
Tending the retreat of the Americans
after the evacuation of the fort,
Warner fought the battle OF Hubbard
ton. Though one-third OF his force ,
abandoned the field, and the colonel !
of the second OF the three regiments
that constituted his command WAS
killed, he had won ayictory, against
superior numbers, in an admirably
framed plan of defense, when strong
body of the pursuing British came up
Bursting through their environing
ranks Warner made good his escape.
In some actions, the skill of COM
mander is better shown in defeat and
escape than in victory. So it was
with Warner at Hubbardton.
Warner was Stark's trusted lieuten-
ant at Bennington. Stark had won
the first onset; when the too confident
victors were dispersed over the field,
and British reinforcements had ar
rived, Warner, coming up with fresh
troops, instead of retreating to form a
new line of battle, charged the British
with irresistible courage and dash and
in complete rout swept the COM
bined British forces from the field. For
the victory at Bennington, accounted
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