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NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SARATOGA.

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William Gray, Barrington. Bradstreet Taylor, Kensington. Silas Stone, Dublin. Joseph Hovey, Dunstable. Joshua Holmes, Rochester. John Tucker, Epping. Wm. Abbott, Conway. Christopher Marsh, Plaistow. Timo. Page, Hampstead, — wounded, dying Sept. 26. " Jona. Marston, North Hamp- ton, wounded,dying Sept. 30. 13 killed Sept. 19th.

October 7th, killed :

Private Daniel Grant, Exeter.

" Edmund Smith, Kensington. »' Ebinezer Gove, Seabrook. " Wm. Moreland, Salem. Corp. Moses Rollins, wounded, died

Oct. 13, 1777. Private Stephen Batchelder, Newmar- ket, wounded, died Nov. 2, 1777. 4i Jacob Flanders, South Hamp- ton. Samuel Magoon, Brentwood. Richard Goss, Rye. Paul Pearl, Rochester. Nath. Briggs, Keene, died of his wounds Oct. 18. 11 killed Oct. 7th ; 24 in all. The subalterns and privates of Col. A. Scammell's Regiment, killed Sept. 19, 1777, at Berais' Heights, or Saratoga : Serg't Iddo Church, Gilsum. Private Jonathan Fuller, Claremont. Daniel Snow, Keene. Jonah Stone. Temple. Benjamin Warren, Winchester. Azariah Comstock, Richmond. John Magoon, Sanbornton. Stephen Fifield, Brentwood. Abraham Potter, Deerfield. John Crawford, Chester. Abram Cummings, Greenland. James Flagg, Moultonborough, wounded, died Sept. 24, 1777. " Edward Peavey, New Durham, wounded, died Sept. 23. 1777. " James Hastings, Canterbury, wounded, died Sept. 28, 1777.

October 7, 1777 :

Serg't Samuel Baker. Newmarket. Private Seth Shackford, Newington. " Frederick Freeman, Marlbor- ough. " Obadiah Kimball, Concord. " Abial Stevens, •' wound-

ed, died Oct. 20. " John Mason, Loudon, mortally

wounded, died Oct. 25. " John McCarty, Hawke. Collins Eaton, Goffstown. John Rollins, Chichester. Dudley Marsh. Pelham, mor- ally wounded— died Noy. 1, 1777.

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��Private John Crossfield, Keene, died of his wounds Oct. 12, 1777.

Total killed Oct. 7,-11.

Recapitulation of number killed:

Col. Ciller's Reg't, killed Sep. 19, 12 fck Reid's " •' 13

" Scammell's " " 14

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In both battles— officers killed, 8 ; su- balterns and privates, 77 ; rank and file,85.

We have on hand a list of over 90 men who were wounded or died in the North- ern Army of 1777, belonging to the afore- said Regiments, without including their loss at Hubbarton, July 7. The enu- meration of the names of these men would only fatigue your readers.

As the New Hampshire Troops, includ- ing Poor's Brigade, Dearborn's Battal- ion and Gen. Whipple's Brigade of Mili- tia, were all actively engaged in the bat- tle of Oct. 7, we may infer from the test of the killed here furnished that their loss on that day equalled or exceeded that of Sept. 19th. Scammell's Regiment had previously experienced the loss of Capt. Richard Weare,who was mortally wound- ed at Fort Ann, on the 4th of August, 1777, and had died at Albany soon after. He was a valuable officer, and the favor- ite son of Chief Justice Weare. The same Regiment suffered the loss of Capt. Hez- ekiah Beal of Portsmouth, on the 6th of November, 1777, having been wounded in one of the previous battles with the enemy.

We would not omit to state the fact that two full companies of New Hamp- shire men, commanded by New Hamp- shire officers, were enrolled in Col. Mi- chael Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment and Gen. Laniard's Brigade. This Reg- iment participated in both of the battles that led to Burgoyne's surrender. The amount of the loss of these Companies we have not ascertained, nor have we had access to the rolls of Whipple's Brigade or Dearborn's Battalion to ascertain the extent of their loss.

In conclusion, history tells us that the campaign of the Northern Army, in the

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