The retreat from Bunkers Hill was covered by John Stark and the NH militia which had so severely pummeled the British left flank and broke 2 assaults by the most respected Army in the world, Gen. Stark, a former officer in "Rodgers Rangers", capped that achievement by commanding the force composed mostly of NH militia that defeated Burgoyne's British at the Battle of Bennington, which set the stage for Burgoyne's surrender soon after at Saratoga, effectively ending the war in the Northeast.