TIMOTHY MURPHY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS OF SARATOGA COUNTY TO THE MEMORY OF TIMOTHY MURPHY CELEBRATED MARKSMAN OF COLONEL MORGAN’S RIFLE CORPS WHOSE UNERRING AIM TURNED THE TIDE OF BATTLE BY THE DEATH OF THE BRITISH GENERAL FRAZER ON OCTOBER 7, 1777. THEREBY ADDING TO THE WORLD’S HISTORY ONE OF ITS DECISIVE BATTLES. IN THIS MONUMENT IS COMMEMORATED HEROIC DEEDS OF HUNDREDS OF OTHER SOLDIERS OF IRISH BLOOD WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES ON THIS BLOODY FIELD THAT THE UNITED STATES MIGHT BE TRIUMPHANT.