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His surrender and subsequent treatment by the British was the subject of controversy. Hale was later released on limited parole by the British, on the condition that he was not allowed to serve in the Army nor return to the enemy lines. He returned to Rindge, New Hampshire on July 20, 1777. Since he
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On July 4, 1777, the British managed to place two cannon and soldiers atop Mount Defiance, overlooking the fort. With no defense against artillery placed on the hill, General St. Clair and the officers decided to evacuate the fort in the dark of night. Hale's regiment and other stragglers from the
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on June 17, 1775. The Army of Observation (consisting of militiamen from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island) had about 2,400 men and the British had over 3,000. The colonies suffered 450 casualties and the British suffered 1,054 casualties in what has been described as a
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The British invasion from the north: The campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada, 1776–1777, with the journal of Lieut. William Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire regiment of foot
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had not been exchanged as a prisoner of war, Hale was returned to prison on June 14, 1779. He hoped to be able to exonerate himself, but he died in prison on September 23, 1780, in
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Hadden's journal and orderly books: a journal kept in Canada and upon Burgoyne's campaign in 1776 and 1777
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History of the Siege of Boston and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill
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The American Rebellion: Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative of His Campaigns, 1775–1782
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on November 8, 1776. Achieving success in battle, he was again promoted to
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In his teens, Hale moved with his family to the area that would become
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retreating army were discovered by pursuing British forces at the
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a few days later, and he was taken prisoner on July 7, 1777.
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1877
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In 1774, Hale became the captain of a militia company of
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Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
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The Genealogy of the Descendants of Capt. John Grout
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Hampstead, New Hampshire
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Continental Army

Colonel
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle of Hubbardton
Enoch Hale

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