Freeman House

and Site of the Battle of September 19, 1777

The first battle of Saratoga was fought here on September 19, 1777. The map shows the troop positions. British forces drove the Americans from this place immediately around Freeman’s farmhouse. Then the British fortified the area, including the buildings, with earthen and log parapet walls, entrenched, and vainly waited for reinforcements to come.

Marker is on Park Tour Road, on the right when traveling north.