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Tour Stop 8: Behind British Lines
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The wayside exhibit marked by the large flags in the field indicates the approximate location of General Burgoyne’s headquarters. It was located near a spring, no longer visible from the surface, but from which water for today’s Visitor Center is drawn.
Between September 19th and October 7th, 1777, General Burgoyne occupied several large tents, known as “marquees,” using them as his office and headquarters, as well as his bedroom and dining room. Such an assemblage was common for general officers’ field headquarters in the 18th century.
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This is the audio for the eighth stop on the Battlefield Tour Road.
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