Tour Stop 1

Freeman Farm Overlook

In 1777 this land was owned and farmed by John Freeman, a loyalist who went north and joined the British invasion force. The major fighting of September 19 took place in the fields in front of you. Morgan's Virginia riflemen opened the battle shortly before noon by firing on the advance guard of Burgoyne's center column from their post in the Freeman House.

(Saratoga Battlefield Marker)