Camp Now or Never

Once General Gates' Northern Army arrived here on September 12, nearby farms and woods became one of the largest cities in North America. Over 8,000 men, women, and children stayed in farmhouses, barns, tents, brush huts, and under wood boards, and some slept under the stars. With so many people and the army's animals, camp sanitation had to be managed, and new latrines were dug daily. American soldiers built over two miles of log and earthen defenses stretching from here to Bemus Heights and down to the Hudson River.

Stillwater, New York · United States