Saratoga; Turning Point in the American RevolutionDescribes the immediate causes, events, and aftermath of the Saratoga campaign, a series of encounters which marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War in favor of the rebel colonists. |
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... Albany . On August 3 , Schuyler halted it at Stillwater , on the Hudson River 24 miles south of Burgoyne's force at Fort Edward . Schuyler was determined to retreat no farther . A month had passed since the fall of Ticonderoga . Bur ...
... Albany . On August 3 , Schuyler halted it at Stillwater , on the Hudson River 24 miles south of Burgoyne's force at Fort Edward . Schuyler was determined to retreat no farther . A month had passed since the fall of Ticonderoga . Bur ...
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... Albany , his rear communications would be broken , and the army must have sufficient supplies to sustain it until Albany was secured . There seemed no alternative to a halt for accumulat- ing supplies . During this frustrating delay ...
... Albany , his rear communications would be broken , and the army must have sufficient supplies to sustain it until Albany was secured . There seemed no alternative to a halt for accumulat- ing supplies . During this frustrating delay ...
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... Albany . Baum's force was not an elite force of light infantry , de- signed to move rapidly , but a motley force of Germans ( in- cluding the dragoons , whose equipment made them clumsy and slow on foot ) , Loyalists , Canadians ...
... Albany . Baum's force was not an elite force of light infantry , de- signed to move rapidly , but a motley force of Germans ( in- cluding the dragoons , whose equipment made them clumsy and slow on foot ) , Loyalists , Canadians ...
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Burgoyne Captures Ticonderoga | 42 |
A Crucial Delay | 52 |
Copyright | |
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Albany American Revolution arms artillery attack Balcarres battle of Saratoga Baum Baum's began Bemis Heights Benedict Arnold Bennington Boston Breymann Britain British army Burgoyne Burgoyne's army camp campaign Canada Canadians cannon Carleton Castleton Clair Clinton Colonel colonies colonists command Congress Continental Army defeat Edward enemy England expedition fighting fire flank fleet Fort Edward Fort Ticonderoga France Fraser Freeman's field French German goyne goyne's grenadiers guns Hampshire Herkimer's Horatio Gates horses Howe's Hubbardton Hudson River Hudson-St Indians John Burgoyne John's join Lake Champlain Lake George Lawrence waterway Leger light infantry loyalist Major miles military militia Mohawk valley Montgomery Morgan move October officers ordered patriots Philadelphia Philip Schuyler position Quebec rear rebels Redoubt regiment reinforcements retreat Riedesel road route Saratoga campaign Schuyler seize sent side Skenesboro soldiers Stanwix Stark supplies surrender Ticonderoga troops victory wagon track Washington Wood Creek wounded wrote York