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Engraved natural boulder marking the route of part of the "Convention Army" - so called - who surrendered to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga. The boulder is located at Hessian Lane and Elm Street, in New Salem, Massachusetts.
The prisoners from the Battle of Saratoga (N.Y.) were divided into three groups and escorted by local militia troops (mostly) to imprisonment in Boston. The groups were created so one large group passing through an area would not strip their route in passing of food and other resources. The group that passed by the route commemorated with this marker had taken the “northern route.”
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Oct 25th 1777
1000 Hessians who surrendered
at Saratoga Passed Here
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1777-10-25
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Oct 25th 1777
1000 Hessians who surrendered
at Saratoga Passed Here
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Hessian Rock
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Dennis Picard, Pioneer Valley History Network
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October 25, 1777
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Boulder marker
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Experience of minorities
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Hessian
march
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After the English and Hessian prisoners (referred to as the Convention Army because of the manner in which they surrendered) were escorted through the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, they rested in the town of West Springfield before crossing the Connecticut River and continuing their journey through, Springfield, Palmer and eventually reaching barracks in Roxbury/Boston that had been prepared for them.
Throughout this march some prisoners slipped away from the column of march and took their chances among the locals. Many more were eventually released or paroled by the Continental government and allowed to work under agreement for local farmers and tradesmen. The former reason has led to much local folklore, though the latter is the far more common reason for former Hessian soldiers to be found throughout Massachusetts’ and Connecticut communities.
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1777-10-31
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HERE ENCAMPED OCT. 30 AND 31, 1777
GEN. RIEDESEL AND HISS HESSIAN SOL-
DIERS ON THEIR WAY TO BOSTON AFTER
BURGOYNE’S SURRENDER AT SARATOGA
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHAPTER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
SPRINGFIELD MASS.
ERECTED A.D. 1904
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Hessian Encampment
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Dennis Picard, Pioneer Valley History Network
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October 30 - 31, 1777
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Bronze plaque set in boulder
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Hessian
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