After the British attacked Monument Hill, the Americans withdrew behind a log fence on the east side of the Castleton Road. As the battle continued, Colonel Seth Warner and other Americans near the road counterattacked the British Advance Guard and nearly turned its flank. Joseph Bird recalled that they drove the British back twice by cutting them down so fast, without leaving the log fence or charging, until the American right gave way. Brigadier General Simon Fraser then sent grenadiers under Major John Acland to flank Warner's men and block their access to the Castleton Road to the south. The British drove back the Americans and gained control of the road, forcing the American troops to withdraw north across fields and through woods. Bird remembered that they fought through the woods all the way to the ridge of Pittsford mountain, firing from behind trees. Some historians believe Tory and Native American scouts surveying the area for the British shortly before the battle may have used Mount Zion as a lookout.

Photo: Steve Stoessel

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