{"id":531,"slug":"hubbardton-battlefield-hubbardton-vermont","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Hubbardton is Vermont's only Revolutionary War battlefield — the July 7, 1777 rearguard action where the retreating American army's rear guard held off the British pursuit and saved the withdrawing force. Colonel Ebenezer Francis was killed covering the retreat — the file's named dead being the officer who bought the army's escape with his own.","The 1859 monument marks the field — the file's spine being a battle that saved an army and cost its commander, on the only Revolutionary ground Vermont kept."]},{"heading":"The rearguard's figures","paragraphs":["The reports are the battlefield register: figures on the field — the file's phrasing that ground that took casualties rarely stays quiet in local memory. Hubbardton's figures are the rearguard's: the men who stood so the army could run, reportedly still on the ground they held.","The file's haunting is proportionate to the battle's function — a rearguard action's ghosts being the men who stayed behind, the field keeping the ones who didn't retreat."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Hubbardton is the archive's rearguard file — Vermont's only Revolutionary battle, where the rear guard's stand saved the army and the colonel died doing it. The figures on the field are the lore; the rearguard's sacrifice is the record.","A battle whose whole purpose was to be left behind keeps the men who were — the file's suggestion being that the rearguard's ground keeps its rearguard."]}],"name":"Hubbardton Battlefield","aliases":[],"type":"BATTLEFIELD","type_label":"Battlefield","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","BATTLEFIELD","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","REVOLUTIONARY_WAR"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"Preserved site of the July 7, 1777 Revolutionary War battle.","full_desc":"A battlefield in Hubbardton, Vermont, Hubbardton Battlefield is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Preserved site of the July 7, 1777 Revolutionary War battle. The archive files it under dark history, battlefields and the Revolutionary War. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 2 documented facts, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Hubbardton","county":null,"state":"Vermont","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":null,"lon":null,"coord_kind":null,"status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":"https://historicsites.vermont.gov/hubbardton-battlefield","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / park","research_notes":"Historical society page opened. Official state result confirms July7,1777 and state operation since1937, but full page returned403. Precise burial location is described as believed, not certain.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":69.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2825,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures on the field. Ground that took casualties rarely stays quiet in local memory, and Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton, Vermont took its share. It survives as local folklore, which is to say it survives because people keep telling it. The account appears in 'Hubbardton'. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Hubbardton","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hubbardton","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"A Revolutionary War rearguard battle protected the retreating American army. Colonel Ebenezer Francis was killed; an 1859 monument commemorates the battle and his believed burial place. A fort with documented casualties writes its own foundation — the lore comes after. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'The Battle of Hubbardton'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"The Battle of Hubbardton","url":"https://hubbardton.org/history/the-battle-of-hubbardton/","publisher":"Hubbardton Historical Society","type":"HISTORICAL_SOCIETY","authority":2}},{"description":"The July 7, 1777 battle is documented. A fort with documented casualties writes its own foundation — the lore comes after. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'Hubbardton' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1777-07-07","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Hubbardton","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hubbardton","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Reported figures on the field. Ground that took casualties rarely stays quiet in local memory, and Hubbardton Battlefield in Hubbardton, Vermont took its share. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. The report is preserved in sources like 'Hubbardton'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Hubbardton","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hubbardton","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Battlefield site; interpretive trails or markers are typically available. Check the managing agency for hours.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"The Battle of Hubbardton","url":"https://hubbardton.org/history/the-battle-of-hubbardton/","publisher":"Hubbardton Historical Society","type":"HISTORICAL_SOCIETY","authority":2},{"name":"Hubbardton Battlefield","url":"https://historicsites.vermont.gov/hubbardton-battlefield","publisher":"Vermont State Historic Sites","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1},{"name":"Hubbardton","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hubbardton","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[{"field_name":"short_description","existing_value":"Preserved site of the July 7, 1777 Revolutionary War battle.","incoming_value":"July 7, 1777—the only Revolution battle fought on Vermont soil.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"current_status","existing_value":"HISTORIC_SITE","incoming_value":"ACTIVE","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."},{"field_name":"research_notes","existing_value":"Historical society page opened. Official state result confirms July7,1777 and state operation since1937, but full page returned403. Precise burial location is described as believed, not certain.","incoming_value":"NE2 batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","notes":"Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite."}],"wiki":{"title":"Battle of Hubbardton","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hubbardton","desc":"1777 engagement in the American Revolutionary War","extract":"The Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, Vermont. Vermont was then a disputed territory sometimes called the New Hampshire Grants, claimed by New York, New Hampshire, and the newly organized, not yet recognized, but de facto independent government of Vermont. On the morning of July 7, 1777, British forces, under General Simon Fraser, caught up with the American rear guard of the forces retreating after the withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga. It was the only battle in Vermont during the revolution.","img":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/1777BurgoyneTiconderoga.jpg/330px-1777BurgoyneTiconderoga.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","score":68,"lat":43.69527778,"lon":-73.13861111},"counts":{"claims":1,"history":2,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":3}}