Bennington Battle Day

August 16th fell on a Saturday in 1777 as it is this year. The Bennington Battlefield is located in Walloomsac, New York, just northeast of Bennington, Vermont, which was the destination for the British, German, Loyalist American and Native forces. The location is a New York State Historic Site.

It did not go well for them. Of their 1,470 combatants, 900 of them were killed, wounded and/or captured. Rebel casualties were 33 killed and 50 wounded out of 2,000 combatants. 

Battle Loop Trail
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

Battle Loop Trail
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/4, 1/250 sec., ISO 400

Battle Loop Trail
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/4, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

Tory Fort Site
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 53mm, f/11, 1/2000 sec., ISO 400

Tory Fort Site
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 30mm, f/11, 1/1500 sec., ISO 400

Tory Fort Site
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 63mm, f/11, 1/2000 sec., ISO 400