Approach Trench
June 2, 1781
"Not a man could shew his head but what he was immediately shot down."
General Nathanael Green
Approach trenches, called saps, connected one parallel to the next. These angled ditches allowed troops to move toward the fort without taking direct fire from the enemy. Sappers, or laborers who dug the tranches, broke through the hard red soil sometimes with only candlelight to gide them. Dangerous musket volleys often cost them their lives.
Marker can be reached from South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248).
Courtesy hmdb.org
