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
Surrender of General Burgoyne John Trumbull, 1821
Portrait of John Burgoyne by Joshua Reynolds, 1766
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, portrait by Antoine-François Callet
Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance
The Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, Vermont. Vermont was then a disputed territory sometimes call
Hubbarton Battlefield Visitor Center
The military road to Hubbardton passed (and still passes) through the center gap in the hills in the photo's background
West side of Monument Hill; British forces attacked up (towards the camera) this hill
Monument erected in 1859 at the battlefield