Convention Army
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The Convention Army was a force of British and Hessian troops under General John Burgoyne captured by the Continental Army after Burgoyne's surrender at the Battles of Saratoga during the American Rev
1789 engraving of the Convention Army's encampment at Charlottesville, Virginia
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
Convention Army
…The Convention Army was a force of British and Hessian troops under General John Burgoyne captured by the Continental Army after Burgoyne's surrender at the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War. It is named for the…
Portrait of John Burgoyne by Joshua Reynolds, c. 1766
1758 portrait of Burgoyne
Lady Charlotte Stanley, by Edward Haytley (1746)
Captain John Stanley, an aide-de-camp to Burgoyne