Keith Rocco - the 62nd at Freeman's farm Saratoga 1777

The painting depicts an action during the First Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Freeman’s Farm.
This work was used for a wayside sign installed at this very spot at Saratoga National Historical Park in New York State.

Another detail showing the right wing of the 62nd Regiment of Foot.

Detail: Lying on the ground is 17 year old Ensign Henry Young. Poor Henry was shot in the leg (not sure which leg, but it was between the ankle and knee) in the course of the battle - it was a mortal wound. A wounded Royal Artillery matross steadies himself against a tree on his way to the rear. The tree has been ‘girdled’, removal of a section of it’s bark. Mr. Freeman used this method to quickly kill trees. They would later be felled to clear more pasture land.
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