Seth Warner
BIRTH
May 17, 1743
Woodbury, Connecticut
DEATH
December 26, 1784
Roxbury, Connecticut
FAMILY
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Warner, Seth
(1743-1784)
Seth Warner was an American soldier. He was a Revolutionary Warofficer from Vermont who rose to the rank of Continental colonel and was often given the duties of a brigade commander. He is best known for his leadership in the capture of Fort Crown Point, the Battle of Longueuil, the siege of Quebec, the retreat from Canada, and the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington.
GRAVE:
MARKER
Seth Warner Burial Site
Old Roxbury Road Cemetery, Roxbury, CT 06783, United States
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Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site | 5696 Monument Hill Rd, Castleton, VT 05735 | PARK | ||
Battle of Hubbardton Marker | 5696 Monument Hill Rd, Castleton, VT 05735 | MARKER |
DIED:
Roxbury, Connecticut
Dec 26, 1784
During the land dispute with New York, Warner was a captain in the Green Mountain Boys, sometimes called the Bennington Mob, a militia organization that defended settlers in the New Hampshire Grants against New York authority. Warner was second in command to Ethan Allen, who was spokesman and colonel-commandant, but Warner often acted independently.
On May 8, 1775, a council of officers appointed Warner third in command after Ethan Allen and James Easton of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, of an expedition to capture Fort Ticonderoga. But Warner and the men he had recruited were left on the east shore of Lake Champlain as a rear guard while Allen and newly arrived Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised the garrison on the morning of May 10.
In the late summer and fall of 1775, an American army under command of Philip Schuyler and then Brigadier General Richard Montgomery invaded Canada by way of Lake Champlain. By then the British had refortified St. John, and the Americans besieged the fort on the Richelieu River.
In mid-September, Warner and his regiment saw action near Fort St. John before being stationed along the St. Lawrence River where they kept watch on Montreal and the British shipping.
On the afternoon of July 6, the main body of the retreating army passed through Hubbardton, a frontier settlement about 20 miles from Mount Independence. Following the Battle of Hubbardton, Warner and his regiment guarded the frontier north of Manchester, Vermont, with orders from Schuyler to seize cattle and carriages and to arrest "Tories" (Loyalists).