Hundreds Killed - and Buried Here

After the battle near Saratoga, the British prevailed at terrible cost. The Americans lost 300 killed and wounded, while the British lost 550, hospitals were overflowing, and the British worked day and night to bury the dead in this field. Among the fallen and mortally wounded were men such as Lieutenant Stephen Hervey of the 62d, described by Ensign Thomas Anburey as a sixteen-year-old who refused to leave the fight despite repeated wounds until he was struck again while being carried away, and Lieutenant Colonel Colburn, whose death in the battle on September 19, 1777, Colonel Alexander Scammell reported to his widow with praise for his bravery, resolution, and good conduct.

Saratoga, New York · United States