Battles of Saratoga
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The Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American Continental Army and the British Army near Saratoga, New York during the American Revolutionar
Surrender of General Burgoyne (1821)
Portrait of Horatio Gates by Gilbert Stuart, 1794
Portrait of John Burgoyne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766
The Death of Jane McCrea by John Vanderlyn. The slaying of Jane McCrea by Native Americans under Burgoyne's command was widely published in newspapers throughout the colonies. This led to a massive turnout of colonial militia, outnumbering Burgoyne's army by two to one.
John Burgoyne
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General John Burgoyne was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who was a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War
Battles of Saratoga
…British army there. The outcome greatly affected the course of the war, persuading France to enter the war as an American ally. In both battles, General John Burgoyne commanded the British forces, while Generals Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold oversaw the American forces. Historian Edmund Morgan described Saratoga…
1758 portrait of Burgoyne
Lady Charlotte Stanley, by Edward Haytley (1746)
Captain John Stanley, an aide-de-camp to Burgoyne