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Claudia Milne & Brent Handley wrote:
"Does anyone have information or citations about Revolutionary War era
sites associated with occupying troops. More specifically, I am interested
in sites in which a Hessian presence has been documented. Faunal
information would be great."
Mount Independence on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain in Vermont
(opposite Fort Ticonderoga) was first fortified by the Americans (the Dec.
of Independence was read there July 18, 1776) but invading British chased
them off in 1778. it served as a base for the Saratoga campaign and was
then occupied primarily by "Germans" (Hessians, I assume)
The Mount covers more than 300 acres and the extensive fortifications
started by the Americans (with focus on fending off invasion from the
north) was replaced or supplimented by fortifications of the British and
"Germans." Most of the documentation, as far as I am aware (as it has been
the focus) has been towards the American troops that were stationed there,
although I am certain there is a great deal of information on the British
and "Germans" (Hessians). The Brits pulled out following the thing called
Saratoga and the place was pretty much unoccupied after that.
Some good sources are:
Anything by David Starbuck, et al.
_Journal of Vermont Archaeology_ 1994 "Archaeology at Mount Independence:
An Introduction :115-126
_same_ "The Southern Battery at Mount Independence" :127-140
Archaeological Completion Reports are available for the several years that
excavtions were carried out, and contact the Vermont Div. for Historic
Preseravtion in Montpelier for info on those.
Other sources are listed in the citations for these works, but I don't see
any particular cites that address Hessians.
Dan W.
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