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<p>[QUOTE="green18, post: 3752360, member: 10103"]There is a monument at Saratoga.........It reads:</p><p><br /></p><p>Erected 1887 By</p><p>JOHN WATTS de PEYSTER</p><p>Brev: Maj: Gen: S.N.Y.</p><p>2nd V. Pres't Saratoga Mon't Ass't'n:</p><p>In memory of</p><p>the "most brilliant soldier" of the</p><p>Continental Army</p><p>who was desperately wounded</p><p>on this spot the sally port of</p><p>BURGOYNES GREAT WESTERN REDOUBT</p><p>7th October, 1777</p><p>winning for his countrymen</p><p>the decisive battle of the</p><p>American Revolution</p><p>and for himself the rank of</p><p>Major General.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Monument of The Boot</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The name of that soldier is conspicuously absent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="green18, post: 3752360, member: 10103"]There is a monument at Saratoga.........It reads: Erected 1887 By JOHN WATTS de PEYSTER Brev: Maj: Gen: S.N.Y. 2nd V. Pres't Saratoga Mon't Ass't'n: In memory of the "most brilliant soldier" of the Continental Army who was desperately wounded on this spot the sally port of BURGOYNES GREAT WESTERN REDOUBT 7th October, 1777 winning for his countrymen the decisive battle of the American Revolution and for himself the rank of Major General. Monument of The Boot The name of that soldier is conspicuously absent.[/QUOTE]
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