The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . their room,to give me an explanation of the singular events of theday. They said the remains they had removed, werethose of a Britisli officer in Burgoynes army, in the warof the Revolution, and the old gentleman who accompaniedthem was the servant of that officer. The officer wasmortally wounded in the battle of Saratoga. His servant(the old gentleman) and three of his soldiers carried himoff the field of battle in blankets, and as far north as theelm tree, under which he died. The servant was de-termined, a
The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . their room,to give me an explanation of the singular events of theday. They said the remains they had removed, werethose of a Britisli officer in Burgoynes army, in the warof the Revolution, and the old gentleman who accompaniedthem was the servant of that officer. The officer wasmortally wounded in the battle of Saratoga. His servant(the old gentleman) and three of his soldiers carried himoff the field of battle in blankets, and as far north as theelm tree, under which he died. The servant was de-termined, and did most effectually mark thS place, thatthe grave might be found, should occasion ever after-wards require. They hastily dug a grave, laid the bodyin it in full dress, covered it first with several blankets,then with three or four boards, and filled it up withearth. After peace the servant returned to England, and formany years afterwards importuned the family of thatofficer to send him over for the remains. They placedbut little reliance upon his representations and declined. LMJIT llMSmilET Ac KJL^HID Appendix. 331 doing it ; and so the matter rested until that time, whenthe old gentleman became so importunate, giving them nopeace, that they, grandsons of the officer, finally decidedto gratify him by bringing him over to this country, butwithout, they said, the least hope or expectation of suc-cess ; and they attributed the finding of the remains moreto accident, than to the recollection of the old gentle-man. ^ May^ 1851. No. Ackland. The following remarks on Lady Harriet Ackland —says Mr. Fonblanque in his Life of Burgoyne — are ex-tracted from a letter written by Miss Warburton (Bur-goynes niece) to her nephew, the late Sir John Burgoyneof Crimean fame, while a boy at school: You will be curious, I do not doubt, to know thesequel of this incomparable womans history, and as far asI am able I will give it you. She had the happiness to seeher husband pe
Size: 1498px × 1667px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectburgoynesinvasion177
