The Battle of Bennington (Vermont): Major General John Stark, commanding the Militias of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as the “Green Mountain Boys” Militia, defeats 1,400 regulars of the Army of Great Britain, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum.

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Subsequent Events:

9/11/1777                  9/18/1777                    3/13/1778                   7/4/1778

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 23.

Battle of Bennington – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bennington

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