A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . irected, after the capture of Bennington, to send anexpedition to the Connecticut River and to scour the countryon both sides of the mountains. II. The New Englanders. Stark.—The New Eng-landers were not idle. Warner had sent to all parts ofVermont for recruits. His efforts were aided by the Ver-mont Council of Safety and by a convention of delegatesthat were sitting at Windsor when
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . irected, after the capture of Bennington, to send anexpedition to the Connecticut River and to scour the countryon both sides of the mountains. II. The New Englanders. Stark.—The New Eng-landers were not idle. Warner had sent to all parts ofVermont for recruits. His efforts were aided by the Ver-mont Council of Safety and by a convention of delegatesthat were sitting at Windsor when Burgoyne reached Ticon-deroga. Application for help was made to New Hampshire,whose legislature responded promptly by the appointmentof John Stark as a Brigadier General and by provision forcalling out and equipping the militia. Stark had gainedcredit as a leader of rangers during the second French andIndian War, and had fought with distinction at Bunker 172 History of Vermont Hill and in New Jersey. In his own New Hampshire,Stark was a name to conjure with. At his call the farmers,more in number than were asked for, came with gun andpowder horn to his headquarters at Charlestown by theConnecticut General John Stark 12. Battle of Bennington.—July 30, 1777, Starkhad already sent two detachments of his brigade to Man-chester. Thursday, August 7, he descended the mountainfrom Peru to Manchester; August 9, he reached Benning-ton with his New Hampshire troops, Colonel Warner anda portion of the Vermont militia. Here he organized anddrilled his men while his scouts scoured the country for in-formation. August 13 news was brought of Indians plun-dering in Cambridge, N. Y., and a force of two hundredmen was sent to check them. They were found to be theadvance guard of a larger force, and the next day Starkwent forward to meet them. When Colonel Baum foundhimself in the presence of a force nearly as large as his own,he halted in an advantageous position and began to con-stru
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