Here are a few shots from the Saratoga battlefield about thirty miles or so north of Albany. Saratoga was perhaps the key battle of the Revolutionary War, as the improbable American victory there prompted the French to back our cause. Above is a blockhouse that sits in a park alongside the Hudson a few miles from the actual battlefield, but commemorating the battle nonetheless.
Next is a shot of the battlefield from the present-day visitors center. Actually, the battle was fought in several places around this countryside, but this was where the first encounter took place, with some American sharpshooters under Dan Morgan first engaged the advancing British before falling back into the woods.
Heres' a sepia-toned view of the same field from a different angle. The sepia gives it a slightly more historic feel, don't you think?
Above is a painting one of the offensives from the battle on display in the visitors center. Can you picture this kind of action in the very serene-looking fields in the preceding images?
Curtis and I took a little hike down along this path, which covers the same ground as some of the advancing British in 1777. It was a beautiful day for such a morning stroll, but then we didn't have sharpshooters taking potshots at us as we walked along.
Here are a few shots from the Saratoga battlefield about thirty miles or so north of Albany. Saratoga was perhaps the key battle of the Revolutionary War, as the improbable American victory there prompted the French to back our cause. Above is a blockhouse that sits in a park alongside the Hudson a few miles from the actual battlefield, but commemorating the battle nonetheless.
Next is a shot of the battlefield from the present-day visitors center. Actually, the battle was fought in several places around this countryside, but this was where the first encounter took place, with some American sharpshooters under Dan Morgan first engaged the advancing British before falling back into the woods.
Heres' a sepia-toned view of the same field from a different angle. The sepia gives it a slightly more historic feel, don't you think?
Above is a painting one of the offensives from the battle on display in the visitors center. Can you picture this kind of action in the very serene-looking fields in the preceding images?
Curtis and I took a little hike down along this path, which covers the same ground as some of the advancing British in 1777. It was a beautiful day for such a morning stroll, but then we didn't have sharpshooters taking potshots at us as we walked along.
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