Battle of Fort Ann
Capital Region
July 8, 1777
British victory
The Battle of Fort Ann took place over four hours in the thick of New York’s wooded mountains. Initially confident of a victory, Continental Army forces ran low on ammunition as British reinforcements arrived. Although it is classified as a tactical British victory, the battle delayed the British Army’s movement toward Saratoga, giving Continental Army forces an advantageous position.
A View of a Saw Mill and Block House upon Fort Anne Creek, the property of Genl. Skeene, which on Genl. Burgoyne's Army advancing, was Fire to, by the Americans, 1789. Courtesy of The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library.
Battle Hill Marker, erected in 1927, photographed by Bill Coughlin, October 16, 2015.
“Map of the Battle of Fort Ann,” presented by and courtesy of the American Battlefield Trust.