Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he later commanded troops
Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan is shown in white, right of center
The Provisional Rifle Corps at Bemis Heights.
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender
Portrait of John Burgoyne by Joshua Reynolds, 1766
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, portrait by Antoine-François Callet
Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance