Battle of Bennington

Cannon captured at the Battle of Bennington, 1776
Jan and Pieter Verbruggen

The Battle of Bennington was one of the pivotal early battles of the Revolutionary War. As British forces marched toward Bennington, they were intercepted just across the border in New York State and were soundly defeated by the colonists on August 16, 1777. The museum maintains a strong collection of objects and documents relating to the battle.

Letter describing Battle of Bennington, 1777
Peter Clark (1743-1826)
Prisoners Taken at Bennington Battle, 1938
LeRoy Williams (1878-1965)
Oil on Canvas
Drum captured at the Battle of Bennington, 1757
Unknown
Dough Trough used by Mary Tilden Dewey to make 80 loaves of bread in preparation for the Battle of Bennington, 1777
Unknown maker
Lt. Jonathan Holton, with wounds from the Battle of Bennington, ca. 1820
Unknown artist
Watercolor on Paper
The Battle of Bennington, 1953
Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1880-1961)
Oil on pressed board
Copyright © 2016, Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York
Canton of flag used at the Battle of Bennington by General John Stark, ca. 1777
Unknown Maker
Letter to Major General Lincoln Listing the contents of the Continental storehouse at Bennington
William Sherman
The Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, 1854-1858
Alonzo Chappel (1829-1887)
Oil on canvas
Manuscript letter to the Committees of Safety of New Hampshire, 1777
Seth Warner (1743-1784)
Theodolite captured at the Battle of Bennington, ca. 1777
J. Simons
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