Battle of Hubbardton

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The Battle of Hubbardton was a 1777 rear-guard action in Vermont during the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War, notable as the only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely on Vermont soil.

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Battle of Hubbardton canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hubbardton engagement ⓘ
AmericanCasualtiesKilledAndWounded several hundred (approx. 300–400) ⓘ
armedForce British Army ⓘ
Brunswick troops ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
belligerent Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
BritishAndAlliedCasualtiesKilledAndWounded over 180 ⓘ
campaignObjective cover American retreat from Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
category Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ
Battles involving the United States ⓘ
Battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Conflicts in 1777 ⓘ
History of Vermont ⓘ
commander Ebenezer Francis ⓘ
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel ⓘ
Nathan Hale ⓘ
surface form: Nathan Hale (Continental officer)

Seth Warner ⓘ
Simon Fraser ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1777-07-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fort Anne ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual reenactments at Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site ⓘ
hasTopic Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolutionary War in Vermont

Saratoga campaign logistics ⓘ
rear-guard tactics ⓘ
location Hubbardton, Vermont ⓘ
notableFor only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely on Vermont soil ⓘ
partOf Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Saratoga campaign ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) ⓘ
surface form: Evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)
preservedAt Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance contributed indirectly to later American victory at Saratoga ⓘ
helped delay British pursuit of American forces ⓘ
state Vermont ⓘ
strengthAmericanForces approximately 1,200 troops ⓘ
strengthBritishForces approximately 850–1,000 troops ⓘ
terrain ridge lines ⓘ
wooded hills ⓘ
timeOfDay morning engagement ⓘ
typeOfAction rear-guard action ⓘ
year 1777 ⓘ

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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) → followedBy → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ
Hubbardton engagement → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ
Ebenezer Francis → notableBattle → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ
Ebenezer Francis → ledTroopsAt → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ
Hubbardton, Vermont → knownFor → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ
Hubbardton, Vermont → hasEvent → Battle of Hubbardton ⓘ